📍 2014 Dairy Rd, Garland, Dallas County, 75041
Hillside Acad for Excel is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Garland, Dallas County. The school has 468 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Elizabeth Murdoch. It is part of the Garland Isd school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1. 64% of students are proficient in reading. 50% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Hillside Acad for Excel enrolls 468 students across grades K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 30 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% Hispanic or Latino, 18% Asian and 16% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 224 | 48% |
| Asian | 86 | 18% |
| White | 74 | 16% |
| Black or African American | 70 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
273 of the school's 468 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 215 qualify for free lunch and 58 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Hillside Acad for Excel is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX-50, state senate district 2, state house district 113.
Hillside Acad for Excel is one of 78 schools in GARLAND ISD, based in GARLAND, Texas. The district serves 51,021 students district-wide and employs 3,476 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 468 students, Hillside Acad for Excel is smaller than the district average of about 654 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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