HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY

HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY operates as a sprawling K-5 school in EDINA, Minnesota, run under EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 564 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 64% bigger than the state mean of about 344.

EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 8,794 students. HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

On demographics, HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY records that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 6% Black. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Hennepin County (around 43%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.1%; this one delivers 67.9%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Hennepin County) logs that median household income runs about $97,653, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hennepin County's 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

COUNTRYSIDE ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 68.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 3%: 580 students in 2018 compared to 564 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share edged down from 10% to 6%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.