Highlands High School

Located at 2400 Memorial Pkwy, in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, Highlands High School is a heavily attended 9-12 campus that works with 1,019 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Fort Thomas Independent. Compared to the state average of about 558 students per school, that is 83% above typical.

Within Fort Thomas Independent, which oversees 5 schools and 3,170 students, Highlands High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Highlands High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). The remainder looks like 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Campbell County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 8% of students at Highlands High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Campbell County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Highlands High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.1%, the actual is 61.8%, a residual of -0.3 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Campbell County put median household income runs about $77,567, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Campbell County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,168 students), Highlands High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Highlands Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Highlands High School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 55.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Highlands High School has stayed largely flat, going from 1,016 students in 2018 to 1,019 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 94% to 88% across the same window.

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