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Highlands High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
2400 Memorial Pkwy
Fort Thomas, KY 41075
Phone
(859) 781-5900
District
Fort Thomas Independent
County
CAMPBELL COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1015
Classroom Teachers
56

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Kentucky

10

(10 is best)

Better than 97.2% of all KY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Highlands High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
68%
40%
71%
45%
64%
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 15 10 5 0
18
17
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 294 29.0%
Grade 10 231 22.8%
Grade 11 255 25.1%
Grade 12 231 22.8%
Total 1015 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 93.9% 93.7% 76.7%
Black 1.2% 1.3% 11.5%
Hispanic 3.3% 3.6% 9.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.5% 1.2% 2.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.2% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 9.3% 9.8% 57.3%
Free lunch eligible 7.1% 6.9% 54.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.2% 2.9% 3.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 16,593 4,512,310
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,105.3 114
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.6% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.8% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.8% 32.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.5% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 15.5% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,114 1,769,102
Single Parent Households With Children 9.3% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.2% 88.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 54.7% 26.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 27.9% 12.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 22.1% 15.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.1% 12.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.7% 17.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.1% 16.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.0% 13.6%
$15,000 or less 7.1% 11.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,342 $22,958,000 43.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $719 $2,249,000 4.2%
Staff $402 $1,258,000 2.4%
General Administration $493 $1,542,000 2.9%
School Administration $756 $2,364,000 4.5%
Operation $1,116 $3,491,000 6.6%
Transportation $64 $200,000 0.4%
Other $387 $1,209,000 2.3%
Total Support $3,938 $12,313,000 23.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,660 $17,699,000 33.4%
Total Expenditures $16,940 $52,970,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,206 $4,756,220,000 51.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $653 $431,000,000 4.7%
Staff $636 $419,649,000 4.6%
General Administration $271 $178,736,000 1.9%
School Administration $732 $482,815,000 5.3%
Operation $986 $650,768,000 7.1%
Transportation $576 $380,254,000 4.1%
Other $356 $235,292,000 2.6%
Total Support $4,210 $2,778,514,000 30.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,506 $1,654,224,000 18.0%
Total Expenditures $13,922 $9,188,958,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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