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Highland Park High School (Top 100, #33)

Highland Park ISD School District
Dallas County

4220 Emerson Avenue
Dallas, Texas
(214)780-3700

Poverty-Adjusted Adjusted Performance Index:	1.26
Disadvantaged Students Performance Gap:	30.0
College Readiness Index	76.6

For more information on this school, visit the SchoolMatters website.

Grades Served	9-12
Magnet School	No
Charter School	No
Admissions Type	Open Enrollment
NCES Locale Type	Urban Fringe of a Large City
Receives Title I Funding	No

Enrollment	1,974
Minority Enrollment (% of total)	3.7%
Disadvantaged Student Enrollment (% of total)	0.0%

State Test Performance Index	122.4
Poverty-Adjusted Adjusted Performance Index	1.26

Disadvantaged Students' State Test Proficiency Rate	95.5
Disadvantaged Students Performance Gap	30.0
Non-disadvantaged Students' State Test Proficiency Rate	98.1
Current State Test Achievement Gap	2.6

AP Participation Rate	100.0%
Quality-Adjusted AP Participation Rate	68.2%
Exams Per Test Taker	4.9
Quality-Adjusted Exams Per Test Taker	4.3
AP Pass Rate	59.7%
College Readiness Index	76.6

Criteria for Medals

Gold Medal

Top 100 schools nationally based on College Readiness Index

Silver Medal

all other schools with a college-readiness index of at least 20, but that are not in the top 100 nationally

Bronze Medal

either do not offer AP, or do not achieve a college readiness index of at least 20, but successfully meet other two key performance indicator criteria

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