Highlands Elementary

Highlands Elementary is an elementary-level community of moderately sized scale in Appleton, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Appleton Area School District, educateing 417 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 29% larger than the state mean of about 323.

Within Appleton Area School District, which oversees 38 schools and 14,994 students, Highlands Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Highlands Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 29% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Outagamie County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Highlands Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.6%; this one delivers 32.5%.

Around the school, Outagamie County reports that the typical household earns roughly $85,069 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Highlands Elementary is one of 73 public schools in Outagamie County (combined enrollment of about 31,330 students).

The closest other public school is Odyssey-Magellan, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Highlands Elementary comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.4%.

Highlands Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Highlands Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 29% since 2018, when it stood at 584 (now 417). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 54% to 41%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.