In a four-project Dubai Hills apartment sample checked 29 September 2026, Park Heights I sits 1.38 km in a straight line from the KHDA map point for GEMS International School Al Khail L.L.C, while Collective 2.0 sits 3.62 km away. Those are publication calculations from official project and school record points, not walking, driving or school-bus routes, and they do not establish admission or catchment.

This companion sits below the canonical Dubai Hills Estate area guide and narrows the broader Dubai Hills family map to a record-level apartment sample.

The school-record map separates distance from access

Park Heights I is the nearest project point to both school points in this sample. The difference between columns is small because the two KHDA school points are close to one another, but the figures remain separate so the table does not turn two regulator records into one generic “school” location.

Sources and method: project points come from the coordinates embedded in Emaar's pages for Park Heights I, Park Ridge, Park Field and Collective 2.0, accessed 29 September 2026. School points come from the static maps embedded in KHDA's records for Gems Wellington L.L.C - Dubai Hills and GEMS International School Al Khail L.L.C, both pages last updated 14 May 2026. withlida converted the published map pixels to latitude and longitude, calculated great-circle distance, then rounded to two decimal places.

The A, B and C labels are publication bands, not government categories. They create one consistent screen across all eight project-school pairings. A sits below 1.50 km, B runs from 1.50 km to under 2.50 km, and C begins at 2.50 km.

What entered the apartment sample

The sample uses named project records, not neighbourhood names inferred from listing portals. Each project qualifies because its Emaar page identifies Dubai Hills Estate and states apartment inventory. Park Field is explicitly a mixed record because its page also states two-bedroom townhouses.

All four Emaar pages were accessed 29 September 2026. This rule does not say these are the only apartment projects in Dubai Hills Estate. It makes the comparison reproducible: a project either has a named official record with apartment inventory and an embedded point, or it remains outside this particular sample.

That distinction matters for households. Park Heights I and Park Ridge both carry one to three-bedroom apartment records. Collective 2.0 carries one and two-bedroom apartments. Park Field widens the format with one to three-bedroom apartments and two-bedroom townhouses. A distance number cannot make those housing records interchangeable.

The two school records answer different questions

KHDA supplies the regulator record. The school supplies its current public identity and programme description. Keeping those levels separate avoids presenting a renamed school as a different institution or presenting a current brand label as the legal record name.

The KHDA pages were last updated 14 May 2026. GEMS Wellington's current site says the school was formerly GEMS Wellington Academy - Al Khail and is now GEMS Wellington - Dubai Hills. Its KHDA record still uses the legal display name above and runs from ECC age 2-3 to Year 13. The KHDA record for GEMS International School Al Khail L.L.C runs from pre-primary to Grade 12, while the school's current first-party site uses the reader-facing name GEMS International School - Dubai Hills and prints PKG to Grade 12. Those are returned fields from different record levels, not contradictions to smooth away.

Park Heights I and Park Ridge form the closest pair in this sample

Park Heights I and Park Ridge produce the two smallest nearest-school results: 1.38 km and 1.51 km to the GEMS International School Al Khail L.L.C point. Their official Emaar records also cover the same one, two and three-bedroom apartment range, which makes them the cleanest like-for-like first comparison in this four-project set.

The distance order is a screen, not a verdict. A specific entrance can sit away from the project's embedded reference point. Road geometry, gates, crossings, school arrival procedures and traffic can change the practical journey without changing the straight-line calculation. A household comparing these two projects still needs the exact building entrance and the school's current arrival instructions.

Park Field and Collective 2.0 widen the comparison

Park Field's nearest result is 2.07 km, while Collective 2.0's is 3.62 km. The official records also widen the housing question: Park Field includes one to three-bedroom apartments and two-bedroom townhouses over two towers, while Collective 2.0 lists one and two-bedroom apartments.

That makes Collective 2.0 a cleaner fit for a compact apartment comparison and Park Field a broader format check. This is positive routing by the published unit records, not a quality ranking. The exact home's layout, entrance and household requirements remain separate from the map-point distance.

What the map cannot establish

The map establishes only the straight-line relationship between six official reference points, four project points and two school points, as checked 29 September 2026. It does not establish any of the following:

• admission, capacity, priority or a catchment area;
• whether a school bus serves a particular building;
• a walking, driving or bus route;
• travel time at school arrival or collection;
• safe pedestrian access between a building entrance and a campus gate.

For a live shortlist, the household can give the school the exact building name, ask about the current admissions process and any transport operator, then test the route at the relevant time. The official school answer and the observed route are new evidence. Neither should be inferred from proximity alone.

FAQ, checked 29 September 2026

Which Dubai Hills apartment project is closest to a school in this sample?+

Park Heights I has the smallest calculated result: 1.38 km in a straight line to the KHDA map point for GEMS International School Al Khail L.L.C. This is a publication calculation from official record points, not a route distance.

Does a shorter straight-line distance mean a school place is available?+

No. Distance does not establish admission, available places, priority or catchment. The school must confirm its current process for the relevant year group.

Are these walking or driving distances?+

No. They are great-circle distances between official project and school reference points, checked 29 September 2026. Roads, gates and traffic are outside the calculation.

Why do the KHDA and school-site names differ?+

KHDA publishes the regulator's legal display name, while a school can use a current public name. GEMS Wellington's first-party site says it was formerly GEMS Wellington Academy - Al Khail and is now GEMS Wellington - Dubai Hills; KHDA's page, last updated 14 May 2026, retains Gems Wellington L.L.C - Dubai Hills.