Highland Elementary School

Highland Elementary School is one of the sprawling elementary-level communitys in Evansville, Indiana, overseen by Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp, with 814 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 87% bigger than the state mean of about 436.

Highland Elementary School is one of 38 schools operated by Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp, a district that instructs 21,589 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Highland Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% multiracial, 5% Black, 5% Hispanic. Compared to Vanderburgh County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Highland Elementary School logs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Vanderburgh County's rate of about 48%.

After controlling for student poverty, Highland Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.2%; this one delivers 42.4%.

In the area at large, census data for Vanderburgh County shows the typical household earns roughly $61,648 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Highland Elementary School is one of 44 public schools in Vanderburgh County (combined enrollment of about 22,423 students).

Nearest neighbor: Central High School, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Highland Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 20.7%.

Highland Elementary School operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Highland Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 14% since 2018, when it stood at 942 (now 814). The White share of enrollment declined from 87% to 79% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

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