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Enrollment
564
Elementary
DISTRICT 791 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSCEOLA·NCES 120147001468
HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
800 W DONEGAN AVE, KISSIMMEE, FL 34741 · (407) 935-3620 · Osceola County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL564 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Florida public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 30.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
367 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 14 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 108 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is 35% larger than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
30.8%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
32.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.8% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.9% | 33.3% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 564 | 65.1% | 33.0% |
| BELLAMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 589 | 68.4% | 43.4% |
| CRESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 731 | 67.7% | 46.8% |
| PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 508 | 67.3% | 49.8% |
| THREE POINTS ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 447 | 69.1% | 40.8% |
| WOODBRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 602 | 62.8% | 35.5% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Osceola County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #2,021 of 2,136 | #40 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #2,080 of 2,149 ▼ 78 | #43 of 45 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #2,048 of 2,149 ▼ 115 | #43 of 45 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 564 | #1,169 of 2,267 | #34 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #985 of 2,077 | #10 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.2% | #1,818 of 2,108 | #43 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.1% | #683 of 2,188 | #13 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.7% | #98 of 1,374 | #4 of 23 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
564
-122 (-18%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 869
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 14.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 564 | 36 | 15.7:1 | 65% (367) |
| 2023-24 | 598 | 30 | 19.9:1 | 65% (386) |
| 2022-23 | 665 | 37 | 18.0:1 | 58% (383) |
| 2020-21 | 686 | 46 | 14.9:1 | 69% (471) |
| 2017-18 | 877 | 62 | 14.2:1 | 77% (675) |
| 2015-16 | 867 | 64 | 13.6:1 | 76% (659) |
| 2010-11 | 745 | 48 | 15.5:1 | 86% (641) |
| 2000-01 | 1,009 | 49 | 20.6:1 | 67% (674) |
| 1990-91 | 869 | 45 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in KISSIMMEE, Florida. The school had 564 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
The district, OSCEOLA, operates 83 schools serving 75,388 students.
Most students at HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are Hispanic: 82% of enrollment. Other students are 8% White, 6% Black, and 4% Asian. That is higher than the 56% Hispanic share among all Osceola County residents. HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 31%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.7:1. That ratio is under the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 65%. Among public schools in Osceola County, the average eligibility rate is 52%.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the bottom 10% in Florida. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 33.0%, against a prediction of 48.6%.
County data help place the school in context: in Osceola County, median household income is about $72,637, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The public schools of Osceola County number 88 and enroll about 74,164.
The nearest other public school, CENTRAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.8 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 4th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
For locale, NCES codes HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as City: Small.
HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL saw enrollment fall 18% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Osceola County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
427,415
Census ACS
Median income
$72,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
74,164 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OSCEOLA
- TOHOPEKALIGA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,929 students
- CELEBRATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,681 students
- HARMONY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,673 students
- ST. CLOUD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,596 students
- POINCIANA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,573 students
- OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,345 students
Other schools in KISSIMMEE
- TOHOPEKALIGA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,929 students
- POINCIANA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,573 students
- OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,345 students
- GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,882 students
- WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,496 students
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT TAPESTRYElementary · 1,419 students
Other Highlands Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 13 states are named Highlands Elementary. HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 5th largest of the 25.
- HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLIMMOKALEE, FL · 599 students
- HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWINTER SPRINGS, FL · 503 students
- Highlands Elementary SchoolHIGHLANDS, TX · 868 students
- Highlands ElementarySaugus, CA · 666 students
- Highlands Elementary SchoolLa Grange Highlands, IL · 565 students
Nearby schools
- CENTRAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 529
- OSCEOLA SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,158
- VICTORY CHARTER SCHOOL1.1 mi · 750
- VICTORY CHARTER SCHOOL K-51.1 mi · 344
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT TAPESTRY1.1 mi · 1,419
- MAIN STREET HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 398
Frequently asked questions
About HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 564 students in grades PK-05.
Is HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 8% White, 82% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by OSCEOLA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.