Compare North Dallas High School with Hillcrest High School

North Dallas High School earned a State accountability rating of C (70-79) based on three domains: student achievement, school progress and closing the gaps. Scores are scaled from 0 to 100 to align with letter grades. The school scored 73 in student achievement, 83 in school progress and 68 in closing performance gaps. It scored 79 overall in post-secondary readiness, a broad term that refers to student preparedness to undertake multiple pathways after graduation, or specifically, their preparedness for college education.

On the other hand, Hillcrest High School earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 79 in student achievement, 87 in school progress, 76 in closing performance gaps and 82 overall in post-secondary readiness.

A distinction designation acknowledges districts and campuses for outstanding achievement based on the outcomes of several performance indicators. Distinction designations are awarded for achievement in several areas and are based on performance relative to a group of campuses of similar type, size, grade span, and student demographics.

Both schools garnered only four distinction designations or awards for outstanding performance. For North Dallas High School these are in Mathematics, Social Studies, post-secondary and with 25% student progress while Hillcrest High School secured in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Science, Social Studies and post-secondary.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in North Dallas High School is Hispanics who make up nearly 69.80% of student population, followed by African Americans (24.04%), Whites or Caucasians (3.00%), Asians (1.66%), Two or More Races (0.92%) and Native Americans (0.42%).

At Hillcrest High School, Hispanics make up 70.18% of student population, followed by African Americans (15.96%), Whites or Caucasians (10.78%), Asians (1.45%), Two or More Races (1.14%) and Native Americans (0.30%).

Based on household incomes, North Dallas High School’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly higher at 87.02% compared to 70.12% at Hillcrest High School.

In terms of Limited English Proficiency (LEP), a term used in the United States that refers to a person who is not fluent in the English Language, mainly because it is not their native language, North Dallas High School has 524 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 43.59% of student population. Hillcrest High School has significantly more ELLs at 788 or about 47.47% of student population.

In addition, North Dallas High School has 39.93% bilingual students, 15.31% are in the gifted and talented program, while 11.90% are in the special education program. This stacks up against Hillcrest High School with 44.82% bilingual students, 16.45% gifted and talented students and 7.95% students in the special education program.

North Dallas High School's 75 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 5.3 years with individual teaching experience averaging nearly 8.3 years. Hillcrest High School's 97 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 5.6 years with individual teaching experience averaging close to 9.2 years.

Of its teaching staff, North Dallas High School has four teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has four teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 12 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 16 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 27 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including 12 beginning teachers. Hillcrest High School has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has eight teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 25 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 23 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 33 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including seven beginning teachers.

In both schools, female teachers outnumber the male teachers. North Dallas High School employs 48 female teachers and 26 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, 13 special education teachers are being assisted by 12 teachers aides or paraprofessionals. The school also employs six staff members in the school administration department and ten more working as school support staff.

On the other hand, Hillcrest High School employs 49 female teachers and 48 male teachers. Of its teaching staff, 11 special education teachers are being assisted by 11 teachers aides or paraprofessionals. The school also employs six staff members in the school administration department and 12 more working as school support staff.