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Highland Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish. The school has 322 pupils enrolled. It is part of the East Baton Rouge Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Highland Elementary School enrolls 322 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% Hispanic or Latino, 38% Black or African American and 3.4% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 179 | 56% |
| Black or African American | 122 | 38% |
| White | 11 | 3.4% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
198 of the school's 322 students (61%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 191 qualify for free lunch and 7 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Highland 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 LA-50, state senate district 16, state house district 70.
Highland Elementary School is one of 83 schools in East Baton Rouge Parish, based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The district serves 39,320 students district-wide and employs 2,398 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 322 students, Highland Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 474 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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