Highland Elementary

As a tight-knit elementary campus in Clarkston, Washington, Highland Elementary enrolls 290 students from grades K through 6, part of Clarkston School District. That puts it 24% below the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Across the 10 schools in Clarkston School District (2,495 students total), Highland Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Highland Elementary shows that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Highland Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Asotin County's rate of about 53%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Asotin County indicate median household earnings sit near $72,283, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Asotin County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,152 students), Highland Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Discovery Virtual School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Highland Elementary.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Highland Elementary's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 309 (now 290). The White share of enrollment edged up from 74% to 80% over that span.

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