Highlands Middle School

Located at 2350 Memorial Pkwy, in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, Highlands Middle School is a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus that hosts 717 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within Fort Thomas Independent. Compared to the state average of about 558 students per school, that is 28% bigger than typical.

Highlands Middle School is one of 5 schools operated by Fort Thomas Independent, a district that caters to 3,170 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Highlands Middle School shows that nearly all students (89%) are White. The remainder consists of 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Campbell County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Highlands Middle School has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 11% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Campbell County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Highlands Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.9%, the actual is 60.7%, a residual of -0.2 points.

In the surrounding community, Campbell County reports that median household income runs about $77,567, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Campbell County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,168 students), of which Highlands Middle School is one.

Highlands High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Highlands Middle School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 56.0%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 4%: 746 students in 2018 compared to 717 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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