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Enrollment
639
Middle
DISTRICT 761 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000750
Highland Middle
1700 Norris Place, Louisville, KY 40205 · (502) 485-8266 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL639 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of Kentucky public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
358 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 232 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 191 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 216 | 34% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
47.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
32.7%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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
36.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.2%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Middle
Highland Middle's state test result (36.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Middle this school | 639 | 56.0% | 36.3% |
| Bluegrass Middle School Elizabethtown | 583 | 55.7% | 36.6% |
| James T Alton Middle School Vine Grove | 612 | 53.1% | 35.7% |
| Southern Middle School Lexington | 759 | 52.6% | 44.6% |
| North Middle School Radcliff | 567 | 60.5% | 27.7% |
| Elkhorn Middle School Frankfort | 725 | 59.2% | 37.3% |
Matched among Kentucky middle 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 Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #141 of 216 | #9 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #159 of 216 | #10 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #105 of 217 | #6 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 639 | #81 of 221 | #16 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #15 of 210 | #1 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #38 of 210 | #20 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.0% | #132 of 219 | #17 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.1% | #14 of 156 | #3 of 17 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
639
-237 (-27%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 853
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 639 | 49.8 | 12.8:1 | 56% (358) |
| 2023-24 | 717 | 49.1 | 14.6:1 | 60% (429) |
| 2022-23 | 801 | 48.5 | 16.5:1 | 59% (474) |
| 2020-21 | 876 | 49 | 17.9:1 | 59% (518) |
| 2017-18 | 914 | 49.1 | 18.6:1 | 73% (664) |
| 2015-16 | 1,031 | 52 | 19.8:1 | 62% (640) |
| 2010-11 | 1,039 | 58 | 17.9:1 | 56% (581) |
| 2000-01 | 889 | 45 | 19.8:1 | 45% (398) |
| 1990-91 | 853 | 49 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highland Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (914 to 639); teachers up 1% (49.1 to 49.8).
About Highland Middle
Highland Middle serves students in Louisville, Kentucky, as a medium-sized middle-grades school. It educates 639 students in grades 6 through 8.
Jefferson County operates 167 schools. Combined enrollment is 95,124 students.
A majority of students at Highland Middle, 53%, are White. Next come 22% Black, 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 63% White. Highland Middle has a diversity index of 64%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1 at Highland Middle, with 49.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.8:1 average for middle schools in Kentucky is higher than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 56%.
The allk12 Grade for Highland Middle is C. Compared with Kentucky public middle schools, the school scored higher than 30% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Highland Middle falls in the middle 80% of Kentucky schools: 36.3% actual against 44.2% predicted.
Across Jefferson County, median household income is about $69,866, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The public schools of Jefferson County number 175 and enroll about 95,579.
The closest public school, Peace Academy, is about 0.5 miles from Highland Middle. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 49.2%; Highland Middle's is 36.3%, ranking 7th of 8.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Highland Middle went from 876 students to 639. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 17.9:1 to 12.8:1.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
783,022
Census ACS
Median income
$69,866
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
175
95,579 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson County
- Ballard HighHigh · 2,148 students
- duPont Manual HighHigh · 1,899 students
- Marion C. Moore SchoolHigh · 1,892 students
- Eastern HighHigh · 1,790 students
- Pleasure Ridge Park HighHigh · 1,777 students
- Louisville Male HighHigh · 1,763 students
Other schools in Louisville
- Ballard HighHigh · 2,148 students
- duPont Manual HighHigh · 1,899 students
- Marion C. Moore SchoolHigh · 1,892 students
- Pleasure Ridge Park HighHigh · 1,777 students
- Louisville Male HighHigh · 1,763 students
- Southern HighHigh · 1,725 students
Other Highland Middle schools
17 other US public schools in 13 states are named Highland Middle. Highland Middle is the 10th largest of the 18.
- Highland Middle SchoolAnderson, IN · 916 students
- Highland Middle SchoolMedina, OH · 824 students
- HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLHOBBS, NM · 808 students
- Highland Middle SchoolHighland, IN · 774 students
- Highland MiddleSanford, NC · 762 students
Nearby schools
- Peace Academy0.5 mi · 107
- Atherton High1.2 mi · 1,466
- Bloom Elementary1.2 mi · 533
- Jefferson County Traditional Middle1.6 mi · 813
- Audubon Traditional Elementary1.7 mi · 610
- Barret Traditional Middle1.9 mi · 579
Frequently asked questions
About Highland MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Highland Middle?
Highland Middle enrolls approximately 639 students in grades 06-08.
Is Highland Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Highland Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Highland Middle have?
Highland Middle employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Highland Middle?
Student demographics at Highland Middle are roughly 53% White, 12% Hispanic, 22% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Highland Middle in?
Highland Middle is part of Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.