HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 1101 LAKE TRAFFORD RD, in IMMOKALEE, Florida, HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack primary school that instructs 599 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of COLLIER.

Across the 69 schools in COLLIER (48,252 students total), HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that nearly all students (87%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 10% Black. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 74% of students at HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Collier County's rate of about 48%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.5%.

Around the school, Collier County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,045, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Collier County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,252 students), HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: IMMOKALEE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 55.9%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 7%, going from 642 students in 2018 to 599 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked up from 4% to 10%.

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