Enrollment
284
Elementary
DISTRICT 293 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STOW-MUNROE FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 390448301714
Highland Elementary School
1843 Graham Rd, Stow, OH 44224 · (330) 689-5330 · Summit County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL284 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of Ohio 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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 Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
89 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 43%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 38% smaller than its 4th grade class (61).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 54% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Highland Elementary School→Lakeview Elementary School
Based on grade levels within Stow-Munroe Falls City School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
77.5%
OH avg 59.8% . -4.8pp since 2021
Math
82.3%
OH avg 56.1% . -2.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.5% | 82.3% |
| 2023-24 | 74.5% | 75.3% |
| 2022-23 | 79.5% | 75.5% |
| 2021-22 | 82.3% | 84.8% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
77.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 (77.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Elementary School this school | 284 | 31.3% | 77.4% |
| Woodland Elementary School Stow | 270 | 29.3% | 85.3% |
| Hayes Elementary School Lakewood | 292 | 29.8% | 82.6% |
| Stingley Elementary School Centerville | 280 | 26.1% | 78.1% |
| Fairfax Elementary School Mentor | 310 | 29.4% | 70.8% |
| Fishcreek Elementary School Stow | 301 | 29.9% | 76.3% |
Matched among Ohio 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 Ohio | In Summit County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.4% | #300 of 673 | #14 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #303 of 1,569 ▲ 171 | #13 of 67 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #347 of 1,569 ▲ 183 | #15 of 67 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.6pp | #226 of 1,514 | #11 of 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 284 | #1,341 of 1,808 | #55 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #493 of 1,582 | #40 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.0% | #834 of 1,590 | #50 of 67 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.3% | #497 of 767 | #17 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #617 of 992 | #22 of 40 |
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
284
-56 (-16%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 419
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 284 | 17.5 | 16.2:1 | 31% (89) |
| 2023-24 | 321 | 17 | 18.9:1 | 30% (96) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 17.5 | 19.2:1 | 24% (80) |
| 2020-21 | 340 | 17 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 315 | 15 | 21.0:1 | 15% (48) |
| 2015-16 | 301 | 16 | 18.8:1 | 21% (62) |
| 2010-11 | 348 | 17 | 20.5:1 | 17% (60) |
| 2000-01 | 334 | 18 | 18.6:1 | 7% (22) |
| 1990-91 | 419 | 18 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (315 to 284); teachers up 17% (15 to 17.5).
About Highland Elementary School
Highland Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Ohio, with an address in Stow. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 284 students in kindergarten through 4. Against the 404-student average for elementary schools in Ohio, enrollment here is 30% lower.
Stow-Munroe Falls City School District serves 4,926 students across 9 schools.
At Highland Elementary School, White students make up 81% of the student body. The school is also 7% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Highland Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 34%.
Federal staffing data show 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Highland Elementary School and a ratio of 16.2:1. That ratio is under the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 31% of students.
Measured against Ohio 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.
Highland Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 77.4%, compared with a predicted 77.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Ohio schools on BeatsExpectations.
Across Summit County, median household income is about $71,622, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Highland Elementary School is among the 149 public schools in Summit County.
Lakeview Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Highland Elementary School ranks 1st of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 77.4% against a local average of 69.5%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The number of students dropped from 340 to 284 over 4 years. The school's ratio fell from 20.0:1 to 16.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Highland Elementary School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Summit County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
537,864
Census ACS
Median income
$71,622
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
149
69,214 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stow-Munroe Falls City School District
- Stow-Munroe Falls High SchoolHigh · 1,648 students
- Kimpton Middle SchoolMiddle · 773 students
- Lakeview Elementary SchoolMiddle · 745 students
- Indian Trail Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- Fishcreek Elementary SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Echo Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 298 students
Other schools in Stow
- Stow-Munroe Falls High SchoolHigh · 1,648 students
- Lakeview Elementary SchoolMiddle · 745 students
- Indian Trail Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- Fishcreek Elementary SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Echo Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 298 students
- Woodland Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
Other Highland Elementary schools
55 other US public schools in 26 states are named Highland Elementary. Highland Elementary School is the 45th largest of the 56.
- Highland Elementary SchoolMarengo, OH · 836 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolHamilton, OH · 695 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolSylvania, OH · 610 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolColumbus, OH · 313 students
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAKE WORTH, FL · 976 students
Nearby schools
- Lakeview Elementary School0.1 mi · 745
- Indian Trail Elementary School1.0 mi · 334
- Silver Lake Elementary School1.1 mi · 210
- Roberts Middle School1.3 mi · 372
- Echo Hills Elementary School1.5 mi · 298
- Riverview Elementary School1.7 mi · 273
Frequently asked questions
About Highland Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Highland Elementary School?
Highland Elementary School enrolls approximately 284 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Highland Elementary School serve?
Highland Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Highland Elementary School?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Highland Elementary School.
How diverse is Highland Elementary School?
Highland Elementary School reports a student body of 81% White, 3% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Highland Elementary School public or private?
Highland Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Stow-Munroe Falls City School District.
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