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Highland Park Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
Summary

Highland Park Elementary is a public elementary school in Texarkana, Texas, serving 403 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Texarkana Independent School District (TISD), which is ranked 661 out of 961 school districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Highland Park Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom quartile of Texas elementary schools over the past several years, with a 0 or 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of the past decade. The school significantly underperforms the TISD and Texas state averages on STAAR assessments across all grade levels and subjects, particularly in mathematics and science. For example, in 2024-2025, only 13.46% of 3rd graders achieved proficiency in math, compared to 34.58% for TISD and 52.02% for Texas.

While Highland Park Elementary spends slightly more per student than the TISD average, it has a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students (97.52%) and minority students (68.7%). Nearby schools like Nash Elementary and Waggoner Creek Elementary also serve high-needs populations but generally outperform Highland Park on academic measures. The highest-performing school in the area is Martha & Josh Morriss Math & Engineering Elementary, a magnet school that serves a more affluent student population.

427
Students ?
14.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$7,868
Per pupil spending ?
95.1%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 401 W 25th St
       Texarkana, TX  75503-4200

(903) 794-8001

District: Texarkana Independent School District (Isd)


Students who attend Highland Park Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Texas Middle
High:    Texas High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
53.9%
African American:
33.3%
White:
8.9%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 28th percentile in 2015 → 2nd in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Texas average (17% vs 46% meeting standards)
!Ranking has slipped — down 26 percentile points since 2015
!Mathematics scores 32 pts below the Texas average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school17%
District avg32%
Texas avg46%
Not ranked this year
Highland Park Elementary did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.
681st of 951Texarkana Independent School District (Isd) among Texas districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20256.64576 of 46511.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.74516 of 47104.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202320.83962 of 464714.7%★☆☆☆☆
202215.34189 of 45818.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202125.13499 of 457823.6%★☆☆☆☆
201925.13624 of 447919.1%★☆☆☆☆
201828.13304 of 435924.2%★☆☆☆☆
201726.73364 of 432922.3%★☆☆☆☆
201640.52821 of 428634.2%★★☆☆☆
201535.33091 of 432028.4%★☆☆☆☆
201436.03106 of 426027.1%★☆☆☆☆
201311.74047 of 42214.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201223.53711 of 420611.8%★☆☆☆☆
201158.61903 of 409553.5%★★★☆☆
201065.81420 of 393763.9%★★★☆☆
200970.61065 of 388472.6%★★★★☆
200855.01936 of 376848.6%★★☆☆☆
200753.92013 of 372445.9%★★☆☆☆
200670.9979 of 347671.8%★★★★☆
200577.4588 of 347583.1%★★★★☆
200473.0804 of 346576.8%★★★★☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20256.81901 of 19050.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.22432 of 24430.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202321.82155 of 244311.8%★☆☆☆☆
202218.22244 of 24217.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202123.22132 of 244412.8%★☆☆☆☆
201935.61734 of 251531.1%★★☆☆☆
201832.91789 of 248328.0%★☆☆☆☆

At Risk

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202228.63598 of 446119.3%★☆☆☆☆
202144.32241 of 433148.3%★★☆☆☆
201950.01961 of 429554.3%★★★☆☆
201858.41427 of 424066.3%★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202518.02670 of 29188.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202424.63096 of 366815.6%★☆☆☆☆
202346.21900 of 355646.6%★★☆☆☆
202248.91718 of 348750.7%★★★☆☆
202166.2754 of 344678.1%★★★★☆
201949.71582 of 333352.5%★★★☆☆
201866.7771 of 322676.1%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20259.33647 of 37442.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.94545 of 46582.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.34373 of 45884.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.54348 of 45614.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202123.03680 of 449918.2%★☆☆☆☆
201921.53804 of 434812.5%★☆☆☆☆
201839.82636 of 430638.8%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202514.73444 of 36445.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202419.84004 of 446510.3%★☆☆☆☆
202341.92642 of 440140.0%★★☆☆☆
202242.52592 of 437640.8%★★☆☆☆
202155.41615 of 432962.7%★★★☆☆
201932.63130 of 418825.3%★☆☆☆☆
201850.11936 of 416853.6%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20259.03649 of 37051.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.44411 of 45944.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202333.43312 of 452126.7%★☆☆☆☆
202221.43973 of 447711.3%★☆☆☆☆
202136.62956 of 445133.6%★★☆☆☆
201940.62736 of 430936.5%★★☆☆☆
201840.02696 of 426436.8%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20255.53702 of 37391.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.54496 of 46473.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202332.63221 of 458529.7%★☆☆☆☆
202222.53840 of 456315.8%★☆☆☆☆
202130.33165 of 449829.6%★☆☆☆☆
201932.93145 of 435727.8%★☆☆☆☆
201819.33864 of 431910.5%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202510.73496 of 35491.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202416.94025 of 42926.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202316.03956 of 40863.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.73815 of 39523.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202120.43554 of 37996.4%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202431.12392 of 310823.0%★☆☆☆☆
202225.92546 of 308217.4%★☆☆☆☆
202114.02878 of 30826.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201829.82409 of 312723.0%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
White (2024)23rd percentile+19 vs school
At Risk (2022)19th percentile+11 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)8th percentile+7 vs school
Hispanic (2025)5th percentile+4 vs school
Female (2025)3rd percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)1st percentile~ school
Male (2025)1st percentile~ school
African American (2025)<1st percentile~ school
By subject vs Texas (2024-2025) ?
Reading23%-31 vs state
Mathematics13%-32 vs state
Science7%-23 vs state

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2025–26 STAAR, STAAR EOC & STAAR Spanish test scoresJun 12, 2026
2021–22 through 2023–24 school spending dataJan 10, 2026
2023–24 dropout rates & graduation ratesSep 17, 2025
2024–25 STAAR EOC & STAAR Spanish test scoresJun 23, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.

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