Highland Elementary School

Highland Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary campus in PIERCE, Colorado, one of the schools within Weld County School District No. Re-9. Current enrollment sits at 443 students spanning grades K through 5.

Weld County School District No. Re-9 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 976 students. Highland Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Highland Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 56%. Other groups include 40% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Weld County (around 47%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Highland Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 44.5%; actual is 24.6%, a gap of -19.9 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Weld County put median household earnings sit near $97,097, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Weld County runs 116 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,274 students), of which Highland Elementary School is one.

Highland Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Highland Elementary School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 38.2%.

Highland Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Highland Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 428 (now 443). The White share of enrollment fell from 69% to 56% over that span.

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