Enrollment
288
Elementary
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH·NCES 220054000383
Highland Elementary School
280 Sunset Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 · (225) 766-1272 · East Baton Rouge Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
168 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 | 19 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 39% larger than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 65% · 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
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
38.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +15.0pp since 2022
Math
31.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +12.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 12 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 38.0% | 31.0% |
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 19.0% |
| 2022-23 | 23.0% | 19.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.4%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 (22.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Elementary School this school | 288 | 58.3% | 22.5% |
| Fairview Elementary School Lake Charles | 518 | 58.7% | 13.2% |
| William Hart Elementary School Gretna | 320 | 67.8% | 19.3% |
| Esperanza Charter School New Orleans | 538 | 62.1% | N/A |
| G.T. Woods School Kenner | 375 | 70.4% | 17.0% |
| George Cox Elementary School Gretna | 402 | 67.9% | 23.2% |
Matched among Louisiana 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 Louisiana | In East Baton Rouge Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #414 of 583 | #26 of 49 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #316 of 582 ▲ 18 | #17 of 49 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #309 of 587 ▲ 91 | #15 of 50 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #21 of 540 | #2 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #552 of 714 | #49 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #137 of 655 | #17 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.5% | #291 of 655 | #22 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.3% | #553 of 705 | #60 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.0% | #138 of 436 | #16 of 39 |
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
288
-50 (-15%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 349
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 288 | 24.5 | 11.8:1 | 58% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 296 | 25.1 | 11.8:1 | 54% (161) |
| 2022-23 | 322 | 19.7 | 16.4:1 | 61% (198) |
| 2020-21 | 338 | 20 | 16.9:1 | 53% (178) |
| 2017-18 | 369 | 20.5 | 18.0:1 | 74% (273) |
| 2015-16 | 344 | N/A | N/A | 76% (261) |
| 2010-11 | 372 | 27 | 13.8:1 | 96% (356) |
| 2000-01 | 285 | 22 | 12.9:1 | 89% (254) |
| 1990-91 | 349 | 19 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (369 to 288); teachers up 20% (20.5 to 24.5).
About Highland Elementary School
Highland Elementary School is an elementary school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, according to federal school records. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 288 students. That compares with an average of about 453 students for elementary schools in Louisiana.
The 83 schools of East Baton Rouge Parish, including Highland Elementary School, enroll 40,083 students.
Hispanic students are 60% of those enrolled at Highland Elementary School. The remaining shares are 34% Black and 5% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of East Baton Rouge Parish's population at about 7%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 53, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Highland Elementary School has a ratio of 11.8:1. Compared with the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 58%. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish, the school's rate is lower.
Highland Elementary School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 20% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Highland Elementary School is -19.9 points, in the bottom 10% of Louisiana. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 22.5%, and the predicted rate is 42.4%.
In the wider East Baton Rouge Parish area, median household income comes to about $63,071, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. East Baton Rouge Parish counts 132 public schools with about 66,892 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Liberty High School, is about 1.0 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Highland Elementary School is 5th among 6 schools close by.
Under the NCES locale system, Highland Elementary School is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment decreased 15% over 4 years, reaching 288 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.9:1 to 11.8:1.
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East Baton Rouge Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
452,938
Census ACS
Median income
$63,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
132
66,892 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Baton Rouge Magnet High SchoolHigh · 1,593 students
- Woodlawn High SchoolHigh · 1,331 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,218 students
- IDEA BridgeCombined · 1,122 students
- Tara High SchoolHigh · 1,016 students
- BASIS Baton Rouge Materra CampusCombined · 888 students
Other schools in Baton Rouge
- University View Academy Inc. (FRM LA Connections)Combined · 3,725 students
- Louisiana Virtual Charter AcademyCombined · 2,239 students
- Baton Rouge Magnet High SchoolHigh · 1,593 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- LSU Laboratory SchoolCombined · 1,463 students
- Woodlawn High SchoolHigh · 1,331 students
Other Highland Elementary schools
55 other US public schools in 26 states are named Highland Elementary. Highland Elementary School is the 44th largest of the 56.
- Highland Elementary SchoolWest Monroe, LA · 263 students
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAKE WORTH, FL · 976 students
- Highland ElementarySanford, NC · 854 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolMarengo, OH · 836 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolEvansville, IN · 814 students
Nearby schools
- Liberty High School1.0 mi · 1,218
- Glasgow Middle School1.2 mi · 542
- Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts1.2 mi · 594
- Magnolia Woods Elementary School1.7 mi · 409
- University View Academy Inc. (FRM LA Connections)1.9 mi · 3,725
- LSU Laboratory School2.1 mi · 1,463
Frequently asked questions
About Highland Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Highland Elementary School?
Highland Elementary School enrolls approximately 288 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Highland Elementary School serve?
Highland Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Highland Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Highland Elementary School is approximately 11.8:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Highland Elementary School?
Student demographics at Highland Elementary School are roughly 5% White, 60% Hispanic, 34% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Highland Elementary School in?
Highland Elementary School is part of East Baton Rouge Parish.
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