HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As an average-sized elementary-level community in KISSIMMEE, Florida, HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL works with 564 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of OSCEOLA.

Within OSCEOLA, which oversees 83 schools and 75,388 students, HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (82%) are Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 8% White, 6% Black, 4% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

On the resource side, On paper, HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Osceola County's rate of about 52%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 48.6%; this one comes in at 33.0%, -15.6 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Osceola County put median household earnings sit near $72,637, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Osceola County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,164 students), HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

CENTRAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 39.9%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 36%: 877 students in 2018 compared to 564 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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