📍 1915 Buffalo Lake Road, Sanford, Harnett County, 27330
Highland Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sanford, Harnett County. The school has 891 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Harnett County Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 61.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Highland Elementary enrolls 891 students across grades K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 61.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% White, 23% Hispanic or Latino and 18% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 431 | 48% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 206 | 23% |
| Black or African American | 160 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 79 | 8.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 8 | <1% |
| Asian | 6 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
473 of the school's 891 students (53%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 440 qualify for free lunch and 33 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 12, state house district 51.
Highland Elementary is one of 28 schools in Harnett County Schools, based in Lillington, North Carolina. The district serves 20,095 students district-wide and employs 1,305 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 891 students, Highland Elementary is larger than the district average of about 718 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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