📍 800 W Donegan Ave, Kissimmee, Osceola County, 34741
Highlands Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kissimmee, Osceola County. The school has 665 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Osceola school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1. 34% of students are proficient in reading. 31% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Highlands Elementary School enrolls 665 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 37 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% Hispanic or Latino, 7.7% White and 6.8% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 537 | 81% |
| White | 51 | 7.7% |
| Black or African American | 45 | 6.8% |
| Asian | 20 | 3% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 1.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
383 of the school's 665 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 373 qualify for free lunch and 10 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, Small). 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 15, state house district 43.
Highlands Elementary School is one of 84 schools in OSCEOLA, based in KISSIMMEE, Florida. The district serves 75,314 students district-wide and employs 3,973 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 665 students, Highlands Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 897 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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