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Highlands Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Huntsville, Madison County. The school has 371 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Huntsville City school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
Highlands Elementary School enrolls 371 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% Black or African American, 12% Hispanic or Latino and 4.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 292 | 79% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 44 | 12% |
| White | 16 | 4.3% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 3.8% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
309 of the school's 371 students (83%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Highlands Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE-50.
Highlands Elementary School is one of 45 schools in Huntsville City, based in Huntsville, Alabama. The district serves 24,222 students district-wide and employs 1,315 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 371 students, Highlands Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 538 students per school.
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