Highland Elementary School

Highland Elementary School, a medium-sized K-5 school in Staffordsville, Kentucky, one of the schools within Johnson County, serves 392 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

Highland Elementary School is one of 8 schools operated by Johnson County, a district that teaches 3,292 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Highland Elementary School logs that nearly all students (97%) are White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Highland Elementary School reports 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 41.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.6%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Johnson County) shows that median household earnings sit near $44,904, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Johnson County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,044 students), of which Highland Elementary School is one.

Johnson County Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Highland Elementary School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.4%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Highland Elementary School has contracted 18%, going from 478 students in 2018 to 392 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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