📍 190 N Melrose Ave, Elgin, Kane County, 60123
Highland Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Elgin, Kane County. The school has 630 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Anissa Upshaw. It is part of the Sd U-46 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 40.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Highland Elem School enrolls 630 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 40.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% Hispanic or Latino, 8.6% Black or African American and 8.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 493 | 78% |
| Black or African American | 54 | 8.6% |
| White | 52 | 8.3% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 10 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
440 of the school's 630 students (70%) 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.
Highland Elem 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 IL-80, state senate district 22, state house district 43.
Highland Elem School is one of 58 schools in SD U-46, based in Elgin, Illinois. The district serves 34,036 students district-wide and employs 2,239 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 630 students, Highland Elem School is close to the district average of about 587 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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