Highland Elementary School

Highland Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary schools in Glasgow, Kentucky, one of the schools within Glasgow Independent, with 618 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 47% larger than the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 421 students.

Within Glasgow Independent, which oversees 7 schools and 2,511 students, Highland Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Highland Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment; the rest looks like 14% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, Barren County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Highland Elementary School reports 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. The state averages about 15.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Highland Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Barren County) reports that median household earnings sit near $50,628, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Highland Elementary School is one of 21 public schools in Barren County (combined enrollment of about 7,749 students).

The closest other public school is Glasgow High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Highland Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.9%.

Highland Elementary School operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Highland Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 9% since 2018, when it stood at 679 (now 618). White enrollment moved from 68% to 63% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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