Public schools in Cedar Hill, TX

Cedar Hill has 14 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 2 high, 3 middle, 7 elementary, 2 other, enrolling 7,739 students. They are run by 4 districts and agencies; Cedar Hill ISD runs 11 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 4 districts and agencies that run Cedar Hill's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in Cedar HillDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Cedar Hill ISD116,920$11,107
Newman International Academy12,874$11,088
Life School15,498$10,430
Nova Academy Southeast1493$13,726

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

2 high schools in Cedar Hill, 2,278 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Cedar Hill High School1,97415.252.2%Cedar Hill ISD
Cedar Hill Collegiate High School30418.633.2%Cedar Hill ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 middle schools in Cedar Hill, 1,289 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Bessie Coleman Middle48814.571.3%Cedar Hill ISD
W S Permenter Middle45613.672.4%Cedar Hill ISD
Cedar Hill Collegiate Academy34518.932.5%Cedar Hill ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

7 elementary schools in Cedar Hill, 3,134 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Waterford Oaks Elementary52121.073.9%Cedar Hill ISD
Cedar Hill Collegiate Prep52017.834.6%Cedar Hill ISD
Lakeridge Elementary46616.752.1%Cedar Hill ISD
Life School Cedar Hill45019.964.0%Life School
Highlands Elementary41915.978.0%Cedar Hill ISD
High Pointe Elementary41113.774.9%Cedar Hill ISD
Plummer Elementary34715.881.6%Cedar Hill ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 other schools in Cedar Hill, 1,038 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Newman International at Cedar Hill89718.933.1%Newman International Academy
Nova Academy Cedar Hill14116.468.8%Nova Academy Southeast

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Cedar Hill's public schools compare with Texas's

The median Cedar Hill school has 16.7 students per full-time teacher, more than the Texas median of 14.5. 86% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 70% across the state. Its median school enrolls 453 students (state 507).

Cedar Hill against Texas, schools open in 2024-25 with students
Cedar HillTexas
Median students per teacher16.714.5
Median school size (students)453507
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)86%70%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)54%52%
Charter schools21%11%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 14 Cedar Hill schools and the 8,846 Texas schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Cedar Hill

  1. Cedar Hill ISDRuns 11 of Cedar Hill's 14 public schools and spent $11,107 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$11,107
  2. Cedar Hill High School, the largest high school in Cedar Hill1,974 students in 2024-25, 15.2 per teacher.1,974
  3. Compare Cedar Hill ISD with Newman International AcademyCedar Hill's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in TexasTexas's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Cedar Hill addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Texas

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  5. Fort Worth257 schools
  6. El Paso213 schools
  7. Arlington102 schools
  8. Corpus Christi90 schools

Questions about schools in Cedar Hill

  1. How many public schools are in Cedar Hill, TX?
    14 public schools with an address in Cedar Hill were open in 2024-25: 2 high, 3 middle, 7 elementary, 2 other, enrolling 7,739 students. 3 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Cedar Hill?
    Cedar Hill High School, with 1,974 students in 2024-25 (Cedar Hill ISD).
  3. Which districts run Cedar Hill's schools?
    Cedar Hill ISD (11 schools), Newman International Academy (1 school), Life School (1 school), Nova Academy Southeast (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .