📍 3720 Bonnar Bridge Parkway, Burlington, Alamance County, 27215
Highland Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Burlington, Alamance County. The school has 648 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Alamance-Burlington Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 43.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. 49% of students are proficient in reading. 41% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Highland Elementary enrolls 648 students across grades K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 43.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% White, 27% Black or African American and 15% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 279 | 43% |
| Black or African American | 173 | 27% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 94 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 59 | 9.1% |
| Asian | 43 | 6.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
302 of the school's 648 students (47%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 291 qualify for free lunch and 11 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Highland Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 NC At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 24, state house district 64.
Highland Elementary is one of 37 schools in Alamance-Burlington Schools, based in Burlington, North Carolina. The district serves 22,661 students district-wide and employs 1,478 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 648 students, Highland Elementary is close to the district average of about 612 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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