Highland Elementary School
Highland, IL · Elementary School · Grades 3-5
Highland Elementary School is a elementary school in Highland, IL with 514 students enrolled and a 66% proficiency rate. Part of Highland CUSD 5. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Highland Elementary School is a elementary school located in Highland, Illinois. The school serves 514 students in grades 3-5. The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.5:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 66% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
34% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Highland Elementary School is part of the Highland CUSD 5 in Illinois.
How This School Compares
Highland Elementary School has 514 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Highland CUSD 5 (466 students). Its 66% proficiency rate is 6 percentage points above the district average of 60%. Compared to the Illinois state average of 48%, the school performs 18 points higher. With a 13.5:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.
Frequently Asked Questions
Highland Elementary School has 514 students enrolled in grades 3-5. The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.5:1.
According to EDFacts data, 66% of students at Highland Elementary School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Highland Elementary School is part of the Highland CUSD 5 in Highland, Illinois. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.