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Lake Highlands High School

Dallas, TX 75238

Phone: (469) 593-1000
Fax: (469) 593-1030
District: Richardson Independent School District

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public • Grades 9,10,11,12 • 2971 students

Lake Highlands High School, a public school located in Dallas, TX, serves grades 9-12 in the Richardson Independent School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 5 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.

Lake Highlands High School is a public school located in Dallas, TX. 2971 students attend Lake Highlands High School.

School Ratings

Category	Rating	Details
Test Scores	4/10	The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) data from Texas Education Agency.
College Readiness	5/10	The College Readiness Rating uses this high school's graduation rates, college entrance exam participation and performance, or AP, IB, or Dual Enrollment participation to determine how well schools are preparing students for success in college and beyond. The College Readiness Rating was created using the following data from the 2021 Civil Rights Data Collection: percentage of students enrolled in IB, AP or Dual Enrollment classes in grades 9-12, using 2024 ACT participation data from Texas Education Agency, using 2024 SAT percent participation data from Texas Education Agency, using 2024 SAT percent college ready data from Texas Education Agency, using 2024 4-year high school graduation rate data from Texas Education Agency, using 2024 Average SAT score data from Texas Education Agency, using 2024 Average ACT score data from Texas Education Agency, using 2024 ACT percent college ready data from Texas Education Agency, and using 2025 demographic data from Texas Education Agency.
Student Growth	5/10	The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Percentage of students meeting growth target data from Texas Education Agency.

Posted: August 17, 2025

Kids are seating on the floor to learn. The phone pouches are ineffective. Just a bad school now.

Posted: August 17, 2025

Posted: September 25, 2024

I went here for my freshman from august 14th-may 24th of year 2023-2024. Let me just say that my freshman year was horrible such as miserable. I mean that in no exaggeration. This school alone affected me and my mental health, I ended up passing the year, but every report card I had was barely passing. The teachers I had did not teach well. I see no point in the yonder pouches because even with no phones the learning environment is still wack. Sure the school has a little diversity but the white kids get everything! Look at the cheer team..Im so glad I moved schools. Im only grateful for this school because I met 3-5 amazing people.

Posted: September 25, 2024

Posted: April 27, 2024

This school represents the worst in public education. There is no real teaching that goes on. Particularly since Covid the teachers just dial it in. They offer no tutoring. There is no rigor, even in Advanced classes. They are not prepared for college. Discipline is non existent. Brawls are daily. No consequences. Bullying is rampant. No one cares. Kids are not safe. Even though its a diverse school, the white kids get everything. It is not inclusive at all. There is no college counseling. Basically, no one cares about the kids and it shows. The district as a whole is a complete failure, as they have had to close 5 schools. If you want your kids to have a positive school experience and be prepared for college, send them somewhere else.

Posted: April 27, 2024

Posted: March 4, 2024

I hate this school so much. Its like were in a prison. And to make things worse, the staff is so rude and cold to students. They make you feel so small. Its either do what they say or face the consequences, were literally teenagers/kids what more do they want from us. Being in this school sucks so much and i hate it, i wish i could just move so i wouldnt be there anymore.

Posted: March 4, 2024

Posted: February 4, 2024

Great Theater groups, Liked the track, Awesome stadium. Lots of locker space, cool cafeteria.

Posted: February 4, 2024

Posted: January 22, 2024

I hate this school tremendously. So many other students feel the same way too. You can tell they really dont care about the wellbeing of the students. School is stressful enough, but they make it worse by making you put your phone/headphones in a locked pouch, blocking everything on the Chromebook, doing random phone searches, etc . It feels like were prisoners and were being punished for simply having our phone/headphones. And also, they can keep your property for multiple days to process!! They only care about academic achievement so they can make more money. In the real world, we are going to be able to have access to our devices and we need to be able to learn that self control. Everyone is sick of being treated like middle schoolers

Posted: January 22, 2024

Posted: September 13, 2021

I am currently a senior at Lake Highlands, and I believe this is a good school. Most of the staff, teachers, counselors, etc are very helpful and care about their students. I have dealt with serious family emergencies, mental health emergencies, and so much more and the people at this school are very cooperative!

Posted: September 13, 2021

Posted: May 6, 2021

This school has been a total nightmare for me as a parent. My son is in his junior year and each year things have gotten worse.

Posted: May 6, 2021

Posted: March 22, 2021

Homework: It really depends on the classes you take. AP classes will obviously have more homework. Some classes dont even have homework, but they only do if you dont finish your work in class.

Teachers: Some are good, some need a personality and not to have their personality be their career (Erin Chesal). If you need help, TALK TO YOUR TEACHER. You cant expect them to know that you are struggling without talking to them. If you are struggling with a class, talk to the teacher. Ask them if you should drop the class. I was concerned about my grade in AP Human, so I talked to the teacher and she convinced me to stay. Now do I regret it, not sure. But did it help me to talk to her, yes.

Leadership: They have so many opportunities to be in a leadership role. Now a lot of the roles, like Student Counsel, are popularity votes. If you want a leadership role, join a club and talk to the sponsor about being president or something like that.

Character: They have made lots of videos and stuff like that to promote being kind and all the stuff. Honestly, its boring and cheesy. First, a rude person isnt gonna watch that video at all. Then second, if they do watch it, the dumb video wont make them change their personality. Character is also defined by who you hang around, so think about that too (parents reading this, im looking at you)

Learning Differences: I personally dont have any learning difficulties, but I have seen some teachers say that you should talk to them before a test to get your 504 accomodations. So TALK TO YOUR TEACHER. They wont know what you need so TALK TO THEM. (Im putting this in all caps, so people know that its not that hard to do. Im currently living in a pandemic and im doing everything i need to be doing)

Bullying: I have not been personally bullied, but I see many signs around the school for Peer Mediation. I dont know how many people actually scan the qr code or use the bit.ly link. But it is available for all the see and use.

Posted: March 22, 2021

Posted: August 27, 2020

100% because the school is the best thing that ever happened to me.

Posted: August 27, 2020

I was happy to have homework because from the other School that I went to before I came here to Lake Highlands High School did not have that many homework.

Posted: August 27, 2020

They helped me to finish my High School year.

Posted: August 27, 2020

The teachers are there to help the students out with their work.

Posted: August 27, 2020

The teachers are always are there for me.

Posted: August 27, 2020

Yes because I had a really hard time making friends and learning too.

Posted: August 27, 2020

Yes because I had to tell an adult about it a lot in the school.