Highlands Elem
Shawnee Mission, KS · Middle School · Grades -1-6
Highlands Elem is a middle school in Shawnee Mission, KS with 373 students enrolled and a 73% proficiency rate. Part of Shawnee Mission Pub Sch. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Highlands Elem is a middle school located in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. The school serves 373 students in grades -1-6. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.2:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 73% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
12% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Highlands Elem is part of the Shawnee Mission Pub Sch in Kansas.
How This School Compares
Highlands Elem has 373 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Shawnee Mission Pub Sch (587 students). Its 73% proficiency rate is 20 percentage points above the district average of 54%. Compared to the Kansas state average of 50%, the school performs 23 points higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
Highlands Elem has 373 students enrolled in grades -1-6. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.2:1.
According to EDFacts data, 73% of students at Highlands Elem meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Highlands Elem is part of the Shawnee Mission Pub Sch in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. 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.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.