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Highlands Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
2350 Memorial Pkwy
Fort Thomas, KY 41075
Phone
(859) 441-5222
District
FORT THOMAS INDEPENDENT
County
CAMPBELL COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
774
Classroom Teachers
43

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Kentucky

10

(10 is best)

Better than 96.7% of all KY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

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

Grade 6

80 60 40 20 0
73%
41%
74%
44%
71%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

80 60 40 20 0
65%
41%
64%
43%
66%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

80 60 40 20 0
65%
40%
68%
44%
61%
36%
    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
16
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 237 30.6%
Grade 7 253 32.7%
Grade 8 284 36.7%
Total 774 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 94.9% 94.2% 77.4%
Black 0.7% 1.1% 11.4%
Hispanic 2.7% 3.0% 8.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.3% 1.6% 2.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.2% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 6.8% 7.2% 56.7%
Free lunch eligible 4.0% 4.9% 53.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.8% 2.3% 3.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 16,467 4,512,310
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,761.3 113
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.8% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 23.3% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.2% 32.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.9% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 15.8% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,024 1,769,102
Single Parent Households With Children 8.4% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.0% 88.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 53.7% 26.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 25.8% 12.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.7% 15.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.4% 12.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.1% 17.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.7% 16.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.4% 13.6%
$15,000 or less 9.9% 11.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,915 $21,968,955 46.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $674 $2,141,298 4.5%
Staff $416 $1,321,632 2.8%
General Administration $479 $1,521,783 3.2%
School Administration $721 $2,290,617 4.9%
Operation $1,016 $3,227,832 6.8%
Transportation $68 $216,036 0.5%
Other $315 $1,000,755 2.1%
Total Support $3,688 $11,716,776 24.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,245 $13,486,365 28.6%
Total Expenditures $14,848 $47,172,096 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,046 $4,609,602,067 50.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $619 $405,005,201 4.5%
Staff $645 $421,785,988 4.7%
General Administration $263 $172,079,193 1.9%
School Administration $721 $471,575,432 5.2%
Operation $989 $646,782,713 7.1%
Transportation $657 $429,660,080 4.7%
Other $330 $215,939,607 2.4%
Total Support $4,223 $2,762,921,742 30.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,560 $1,674,996,930 18.5%
Total Expenditures $13,829 $9,047,659,705 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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