Highland Elementary

Highland Elementary is an elementary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Lake Stevens, Washington, part of Lake Stevens School District, teacheing 557 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 47% larger than typical.

Lake Stevens School District comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 10,117 students; Highland Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Highland Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 8% Asian, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Snohomish County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 29% of students at Highland Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Snohomish County (around 41%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Highland Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.0%; this one delivers 61.7%.

In the broader community, Snohomish County reports that the typical household earns roughly $111,246 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Snohomish County runs 227 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students), of which Highland Elementary is one.

Homelink is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Highland Elementary comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 59.8%.

Highland Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Highland Elementary's enrollment has declined 14% since 2018, when it stood at 644 (now 557). White enrollment moved from 79% to 68% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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