Highlander Elementary Charter

Highlander Elementary Charter is one of the intimate elementary campuss in Providence, Rhode Island, one of the schools within Highlander, with 269 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 2 schools in Highlander (609 students total), Highlander Elementary Charter accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Highlander Elementary Charter shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 28% Black, 18% White, 3% Native American. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Highlander Elementary Charter has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.6:1 average. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Providence County's rate of about 64%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Providence County shows the typical household earns roughly $78,787 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Providence County runs 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 88,799 students), of which Highlander Elementary Charter is one.

Nearest neighbor: Robert L. Bailey IV, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Highlander Elementary Charter.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. Highlander Elementary Charter operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Highlander Elementary Charter typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.