Enrollment
336
Elementary
DISTRICT 342 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONROE COUNTY COMMUNITY SCH CORP·NCES 180063002347
Highland Park Elementary School
900 Park Square Dr, Bloomington, IN 47403 · (812) 825-7673 · Monroe County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL336 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Indiana public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 35.5:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
226 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 33 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 26% smaller than its 6th grade class (50).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 57% · 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
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
31.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
27.0%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Highland Park Elementary School
Highland Park Elementary School's state test result (32.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Park Elementary School this school | 336 | 67.3% | 32.4% |
| Arlington Heights Elementary Sch Bloomington | 301 | 70.4% | 15.3% |
| Tecumseh-Harrison Elementary Sch Vincennes | 380 | 64.5% | 25.6% |
| Fairview Elementary School Bloomington | 414 | 68.1% | 37.9% |
| Crestdale Elementary School Richmond | 373 | 61.9% | 37.7% |
| Hattie B Stokes Elementary School Lebanon | 394 | 63.7% | 28.1% |
Matched among Indiana 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 Highland Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #669 of 983 | #11 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #792 of 986 | #14 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #651 of 986 | #12 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 336 | #749 of 1,079 | #11 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #11 of 991 | #1 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.5% | #415 of 996 | #6 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.3% | #210 of 1,058 | #3 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #251 of 597 | #6 of 12 |
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
336
-21 (-6%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 458
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 336 | 33.4 | 10.1:1 | 67% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 344 | 32.4 | 10.6:1 | 65% (225) |
| 2022-23 | 367 | 34.7 | 10.6:1 | 58% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 357 | 33 | 10.8:1 | 57% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 395 | 28 | 14.1:1 | 59% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 381 | 26 | 14.7:1 | 59% (223) |
| 2010-11 | 367 | 23 | 16.0:1 | 63% (231) |
| 2000-01 | 483 | 30 | 16.1:1 | 48% (230) |
| 1990-91 | 458 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highland Park Elementary School.
About Highland Park Elementary School
Highland Park Elementary School is a small elementary school in Bloomington, Indiana. There are 336 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 6. On average, elementary schools in Indiana enroll around 436, and this school is 23% below that mark.
The district, Monroe County Community Sch Corp, has 10,480 students enrolled across 23 schools.
White students are 67% of those enrolled at Highland Park Elementary School. The rest of enrollment is 11% multiracial, 10% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Monroe County's population at about 82%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
Classroom staffing at Highland Park Elementary School totals 33.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Indiana is 15.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Highland Park Elementary School is about 67%. It compares with 39% for public schools in Monroe County.
On the allk12 Grade, Highland Park Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 38% of Indiana public elementary schools.
Highland Park Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (32.4%) and its predicted rate (27.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Indiana schools.
For the population of Monroe County, the median household earns about $65,868 a year, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Across Monroe County, 33 public schools serve about 14,256 students.
A public school about 1.0 miles away, Grandview Elementary School, is the closest to Highland Park Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Highland Park Elementary School ranks 5th on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 336, compared with 357 in 2020-21.
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Monroe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
140,965
Census ACS
Median income
$65,868
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
14,256 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Monroe County Community Sch Corp
- Bloomington High School SouthHigh · 1,691 students
- Bloomington High School NorthHigh · 1,528 students
- Summit Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Jackson Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 572 students
- Tri-North Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- University Elementary SchoolElementary · 536 students
Other schools in Bloomington
- Bloomington High School SouthHigh · 1,691 students
- Bloomington High School NorthHigh · 1,528 students
- Edgewood Primary SchoolElementary · 652 students
- Edgewood Intermediate SchoolElementary · 619 students
- Summit Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Jackson Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 572 students
Other Highland Park Elementary schools
22 other US public schools in 15 states are named Highland Park Elementary. Highland Park Elementary School is the 16th largest of the 23.
- Highland Park ElementaryGILBERT, AZ · 787 students
- Highland Park Elementary SchoolUpper Darby, PA · 737 students
- Highland Park Elementary SchoolPFLUGERVILLE, TX · 706 students
- Highland Park Elementary SchoolBroken Arrow, OK · 654 students
- Highland Park Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 649 students
Nearby schools
- Grandview Elementary School1.0 mi · 417
- Excel Center - Bloomington1.0 mi · 117
- The Acad of Sci & Entrepreneurship2.2 mi · 79
- Summit Elementary School2.3 mi · 617
- Tri-North Middle School2.9 mi · 569
- Bloomington Graduation School3.0 mi · 99
Frequently asked questions
About Highland Park Elementary SchoolHow large is Highland Park Elementary School?
Highland Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 336 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Highland Park Elementary School serve?
Highland Park Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Highland Park Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Highland Park Elementary School is approximately 10.1:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Highland Park Elementary School?
At Highland Park Elementary School, the student body is approximately 67% White, 8% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Highland Park Elementary School in?
Highland Park Elementary School is part of Monroe County Community Sch Corp.
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