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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
629
Elementary
DISTRICT 472 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 280279000937
Highland Elementary School
330 Brame Road, RIDGELAND, MS 39157 · (601) 853-8103 · Madison County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL629 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Mississippi public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
497 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 80%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 230 | 37% |
| Grade 4 | 194 | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 205 | 33% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 62% · 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
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
50.1%
MS avg 45.9% . -5.4pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
MS avg 52.8% . -1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.1% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.5% | 55.1% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.7%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Mississippi's top nor bottom 10%.
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 (57.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Elementary School this school | 629 | 79.0% | 57.1% |
| Ann E. Smith Elementary RIDGELAND | 715 | 76.9% | 58.4% |
| Popp's Ferry Elementary School Biloxi | 608 | 71.5% | 50.1% |
| Lawndale Elementary School Tupelo | 378 | 76.2% | 61.3% |
| Lawhon Elementary School Tupelo | 575 | 75.0% | 57.0% |
| Gautier Elementary Gautier | 397 | 81.6% | 61.6% |
Matched among Mississippi 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 Mississippi | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #195 of 428 | #10 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #190 of 439 ▲ 6 | #9 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #202 of 439 ▼ 7 | #8 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 629 | #85 of 453 | #4 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #96 of 408 | #2 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.4% | #123 of 409 | #3 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.0% | #257 of 444 | #7 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #148 of 296 | #6 of 13 |
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
629
-18 (-3%) vs 2020
+10% since 2000-01, when it was 572
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 629 | 46.7 | 13.5:1 | 79% (497) |
| 2023-24 | 596 | 47.1 | 12.7:1 | 78% (466) |
| 2022-23 | 644 | 45.8 | 14.1:1 | 100% (641) |
| 2020-21 | 647 | 33 | 19.6:1 | 100% (644) |
| 2017-18 | 733 | 43.1 | 17.0:1 | 74% (542) |
| 2015-16 | 707 | 40 | 17.7:1 | 69% (488) |
| 2010-11 | 631 | 31 | 20.4:1 | 59% (371) |
| 2000-01 | 572 | 29 | 19.7:1 | 31% (179) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highland Elementary School.
About Highland Elementary School
Highland Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Mississippi, located in RIDGELAND. A total of 629 students attend the school, which covers grades 3 through 5. The average for elementary schools in Mississippi is about 446 students, so this school is 41% bigger than average.
Highland Elementary School is run by Madison County Schools, whose 21 schools enroll 12,926 students.
By race and ethnicity, Highland Elementary School is 62% Black. It is also 23% Hispanic, 9% White, and 4% Asian. For comparison, the population of Madison County is roughly 37% Black. By the diversity index, Highland Elementary School comes in at 55%.
The school employs the equivalent of 46.7 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.5:1. Among elementary schools in Mississippi, the typical ratio is 15.9:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 79%. That is higher than the 52% average for public schools in Madison County.
Measured against Mississippi public elementary schools, Highland Elementary School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Highland Elementary School is 2.4 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 57.1% actual, 54.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Mississippi.
According to the American Community Survey, in Madison County, median household income is about $83,441, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Highland Elementary School is one of 34 public schools in Madison County, which together enroll about 16,432 students.
Madison County Preschool is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Highland Elementary School's average proficiency of 57.1% compares with 53.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 647 in 2020-21 and 629 in 2024-25, a 3% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 19.6:1 to 13.5:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Highland Elementary School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
111,647
Census ACS
Median income
$83,441
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
16,432 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madison County Schools
- Germantown High SchoolHigh · 1,411 students
- Madison Central High SchoolHigh · 1,260 students
- Madison Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,180 students
- Germantown MiddleMiddle · 1,008 students
- Ridgeland High SchoolHigh · 995 students
- Madison Station ElementaryElementary · 980 students
Other schools in RIDGELAND
- Ridgeland High SchoolHigh · 995 students
- Ann E. Smith ElementaryElementary · 715 students
- Old Town Middle SchoolMiddle · 693 students
- Madison County PreschoolElementary · 47 students
Other Highland Elementary schools
55 other US public schools in 26 states are named Highland Elementary. Highland Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 56.
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAKE WORTH, FL · 976 students
- Highland ElementarySanford, NC · 854 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolMarengo, OH · 836 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolEvansville, IN · 814 students
- Highland ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 778 students
Nearby schools
- Madison County Preschool1.1 mi · 47
- Old Town Middle School1.3 mi · 693
- Ann E. Smith Elementary1.7 mi · 715
- Ridgeland High School2.2 mi · 995
- Callaway High School2.4 mi · 994
- North Jackson Elementary School2.7 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About Highland Elementary SchoolHow large is Highland Elementary School?
Highland Elementary School enrolls approximately 629 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Highland Elementary School serve?
Highland Elementary School serves grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Highland Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Highland Elementary School is approximately 13.5:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Highland Elementary School?
Student demographics at Highland Elementary School are roughly 9% White, 23% Hispanic, 62% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Highland Elementary School in?
Highland Elementary School is part of Madison County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.