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Enrollment
440
Elementary
DISTRICT 402 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVIESS COUNTY·NCES 210147000299
Highland Elementary School
2909 Kentucky 54, Owensboro, KY 42303 · (270) 852-7370 · Daviess County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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 Kentucky public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
190 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 63%
Community
5
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 | 48 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 47% · 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
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
67.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
57.7%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). 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
57.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for Kentucky 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 Kentucky'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 Elementary School
Highland Elementary School's state test result (57.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Elementary School this school | 440 | 43.2% | 57.3% |
| Sutton Elementary School Owensboro | 535 | 44.1% | 50.6% |
| Plano Elementary Bowling Green | 750 | 43.2% | 57.6% |
| W R McNeill Elementary School Bowling Green | 433 | 42.3% | 54.7% |
| Erpenbeck Elementary School Florence | 764 | 36.1% | 67.5% |
| Wilmore Elementary School Wilmore | 473 | 48.6% | 59.0% |
Matched among Kentucky 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Daviess County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #128 of 669 | #3 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #139 of 668 | #4 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #82 of 674 | #2 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #352 of 744 | #9 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #459 of 674 | #8 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.8% | #253 of 674 | #12 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.2% | #643 of 721 | #17 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.2% | #57 of 437 | #2 of 8 |
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
440
-44 (-9%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 511
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 440 | 28 | 15.7:1 | 43% (190) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 48% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 30 | 15.8:1 | 44% (209) |
| 2020-21 | 484 | 30 | 16.1:1 | 39% (188) |
| 2017-18 | 588 | 29 | 20.3:1 | 31% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 587 | 29 | 20.2:1 | 28% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 691 | 34 | 20.3:1 | 29% (202) |
| 2000-01 | 475 | 20 | 23.8:1 | 33% (155) |
| 1990-91 | 511 | 28 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (588 to 440); teachers down 3% (29 to 28).
About Highland Elementary School
Highland Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school found in Owensboro, Kentucky. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 440 students on the rolls.
Highland Elementary School is one of the 23 schools that make up Daviess County (10,948 students in total).
The share of White students at Highland Elementary School is 74%, a majority. The remaining students are 11% Asian, 8% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 3% Black. Census figures show Daviess County is about 86% White. A diversity index of 43% means there is a 43% chance two randomly chosen students at Highland Elementary School are from different groups.
A staff of 28 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 15.7:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in Kentucky. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 43%. It compares with 61% for public schools in Daviess County.
Highland Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 76% of Kentucky public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Highland Elementary School would be expected to post about 49.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 57.3%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Daviess County show that the median household earns about $68,214 a year, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Daviess County has 37 public schools with about 15,983 students, including Highland Elementary School.
Daviess County Middle School is about 0.4 miles from Highland Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Highland Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 42.0%, lower than Highland Elementary School's 57.3%.
Highland Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Small.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 9%, from 484 to 440.
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Daviess County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
103,648
Census ACS
Median income
$68,214
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
15,983 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Daviess County
- Daviess County High SchoolHigh · 1,750 students
- Apollo High SchoolHigh · 1,265 students
- Daviess County Middle SchoolMiddle · 870 students
- College View Middle SchoolMiddle · 821 students
- F T Burns Middle SchoolMiddle · 757 students
- Tamarack Elementary SchoolElementary · 564 students
Other schools in Owensboro
- Daviess County High SchoolHigh · 1,750 students
- Owensboro High SchoolHigh · 1,342 students
- Apollo High SchoolHigh · 1,265 students
- Daviess County Middle SchoolMiddle · 870 students
- College View Middle SchoolMiddle · 821 students
- Owensboro Middle SchoolMiddle · 790 students
Other Highland Elementary schools
55 other US public schools in 26 states are named Highland Elementary. Highland Elementary School is the 27th largest of the 56.
- Highland Elementary SchoolGlasgow, KY · 618 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolStaffordsville, KY · 392 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolWaynesburg, KY · 186 students
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAKE WORTH, FL · 976 students
- Highland ElementarySanford, NC · 854 students
Nearby schools
- Daviess County Middle School0.4 mi · 870
- Owensboro Day Treatment0.7 mi · 14
- Meadow Lands Elementary School0.9 mi · 479
- Estes Elementary School1.1 mi · 492
- Daviess County High School2.2 mi · 1,750
- Virtual Academy2.3 mi · 75
Frequently asked questions
About Highland Elementary SchoolHow large is Highland Elementary School?
Highland Elementary School enrolls approximately 440 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Highland Elementary School serve?
Highland Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Highland Elementary School?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Highland Elementary School.
How diverse is Highland Elementary School?
Highland Elementary School reports a student body of 74% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 11% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Highland Elementary School in?
Highland Elementary School is part of Daviess County.
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