Highlands Elementary School

Highlands Elementary School is a reasonably sized primary school in ERIE, Colorado, part of St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J. The school hosts 528 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Highlands Elementary School sits 39% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 54 schools in St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J (31,607 students total), Highlands Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Highlands Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 8% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 15% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Weld County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Highlands Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.4%; this one delivers 65.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Weld County shows the typical household earns roughly $97,097 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Highlands Elementary School is one of 116 public schools in Weld County (combined enrollment of about 61,274 students).

Erie High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Highlands Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Highlands Elementary School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 54.7%.

Highlands Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

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