SCHOOLS

HOW AND WHY we choose the schools our children attend is difficult to quantify, but the results of our choices are evident from Richardson ISD’s 2015-16 enrollment data. These numbers come from the district’s reports to the Lake Highlands Reflector Committee and from Templeton Demographics’ January 2016 projections.

All Lake Highlands students are assigned to a neighborhood school, but between voluntary transfers, space limitations and programs unique to certain campuses, such as bilingual education, they may end up elsewhere. Here are the transfer/ overflow numbers at Lake Highlands elementary schools in spring 2016, compared to students who overflow or opt to attend elsewhere.

Merriman Park Elementary is one of the most ethnically diverse schools in Lake Highlands, with a population that closely resembles Richardson ISD’s diversity.

329 seats at Hamilton Park Pacesetter, a magnet elementary school in Lake Highlands, are projected to be available during the 2019-20 school year. students too many are projected at White Rock Elementary by the 2019-20 school year, with Aikin, Stults Road and Wallace also on track to be near capacity.

Studies show that a school’s socioeconomic diversity can be a strong indicator in how its students perform academically. How do Lake Highlands schools stack up?

72% of Moss Haven Elementary’s campus is used by its 462 students, the roomiest of Lake Highlands’ schools.

54% affluent

65% affluent

65% disadvantaged

80% disadvantaged

81% affluent

85% disadvantaged

88% disadvantaged

89% affluent

96% of White Rock Elementary is full, and 78 students assigned to the school overflow to other campuses.