Highland Elementary School

As an intimate K-5 school in HIGHLAND, Michigan, Highland Elementary School instructs 292 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Huron Valley Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 21% smaller than the state mean of about 369.

Highland Elementary School is one of 16 schools operated by Huron Valley Schools, a district that teaches 7,372 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Highland Elementary School records that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Highland Elementary School reports 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Oakland County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Highland Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.5%; this one delivers 45.7%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Oakland County) records that the typical household earns roughly $97,760 per year, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Highland Elementary School is one of 345 public schools in Oakland County (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students).

The closest other public school is Apollo Center, roughly 1.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Highland Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.5%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Highland Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 327 (now 292). White enrollment moved from 93% to 85% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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