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Highlands Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Jacksonville, Duval County. The school has 475 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Duval school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Highlands Elementary School enrolls 475 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 30 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% Black or African American, 9.5% Hispanic or Latino and 8.8% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 337 | 71% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 45 | 9.5% |
| White | 42 | 8.8% |
| Two or more races | 41 | 8.6% |
| Asian | 8 | 1.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
368 of the school's 475 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 368 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. 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, Large). 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 FL-40, state senate district 6, state house district 14.
Highlands Elementary School is one of 209 schools in DUVAL, based in JACKSONVILLE, Florida. The district serves 130,054 students district-wide and employs 7,048 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 475 students, Highlands Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 622 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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