Hillcrest High School

9924 Hillcrest Road › www.dallasisd.org
Dallas, TX 75230 › Texas Education Agency (TEA) accountability rating guidelines
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2009 TEA campus accountability rating: Academically Acceptable

2009 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) results
 
   
reading/
English
language
arts*
mathematics
science
social studies
all
percentage of students passing
 
Hillcrest High School
84
61
67
91
54
 
  grade 9
82
52
    
51
  Dallas ISD
85
59
    
58
  all Texas public schools
91
71
    
70
 
  grade 10
82
59
53
86
43
  Dallas ISD
85
58
53
88
43
  all Texas public schools
90
69
67
91
57
 
  grade 11
92
82
87
99
74
  Dallas ISD
85
74
68
91
64
  all Texas public schools
93
82
86
97
76
 
percentage of students commended performance
 
Hillcrest High School
14
16
12
39
5

* Reading tested in grade 9 and English language arts tested in grades 10 and 11. School score is combined indicator.

performance improvements needed to achieve exemplary rating

• Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS reading/English language arts test from 84 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 195 students representing 25 percent of all students taking TAKS reading/English language arts test from 87 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 469 students representing 59 percent of all students taking TAKS reading/English language arts test from 80 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 464 students representing 59 percent of all students taking TAKS reading/English language arts test from 80 percent to 90 percent.

• Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 61 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 190 students representing 25 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 53 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 448 students representing 59 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 56 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 117 students representing 15 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 89 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 448 students representing 59 percent of all students taking TAKS mathematics test from 56 percent to 90 percent.

• Increase passing percentage of all students taking TAKS science test from 67 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 113 students representing 28 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 60 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 217 students representing 53 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 62 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 218 students representing 53 percent of all students taking TAKS science test from 58 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 112 students representing 27 percent of all students taking TAKS social studies test from 88 percent to 90 percent.
• Increase passing percentage of student group consisting of 220 students representing 54 percent of all students taking TAKS social studies test from 88 percent to 90 percent.

2008 Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT) mean scores

 
Verbal
Mathematics
Composite
Hillcrest High School na na
969
Texas 488 505 993
National 502 515 1017

2007-2008 mobility percentage: 27.2

Mobility percentage is calculated by dividing the number of students enrolled at the school for less than 83 percent of the school year by the total number of students enrolled at the school any time during the school year.

2008-2009 enrollment and class sizes
 
   
students
average class size
Hillcrest High School
1,260
  
  Ninth grade
529
  
  Tenth grade
305
  
  Eleventh grade
226
  
  Twelfth grade
200
  
 
  English/language arts  
21.1
  Foreign languages  
24.0
  Mathematics  
20.8
  Science  
21.2
  Social studies  
21.0
 
  Gifted and talented program
171
  
  Special education program
131
  


Sources: Dallas ISD and Texas Education Agency
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