Highland Elementary School

Highland Elementary School operates as a close-knit elementary school in Stow, Ohio, operated by Stow-Munroe Falls City School District. Current enrollment sits at 284 students spanning grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 30% leaner than the state mean of about 404.

Stow-Munroe Falls City School District comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 4,926 students; Highland Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Highland Elementary School reports that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 7% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. Roughly 31% of students at Highland Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Highland Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 77.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 77.4%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Summit County) records that the typical household earns roughly $71,622 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Summit County's 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,214 students), Highland Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Lakeview Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Highland Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 69.5%.

Highland Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Highland Elementary School's enrollment has fell 10% since 2018, when it stood at 315 (now 284). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 88% to 81%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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