Middle · Kentucky

Highland Middle

Free meals for all

Highland Middle, a public middle school in Louisville, Kentucky: grades 6–8, 639 students, 12.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Jefferson County.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 639
Teachers (FTE): 49.8
Students per teacher: 12.8
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 92% of middle schools in Kentucky

Median 15.9 · 219 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 68% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 63% of middle schools in Kentucky

Median 558 · 219 schools compared

Larger than 63% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Kentucky's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Kentucky: 48%

47%proficient

+9.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 53% of middle schools in Kentucky

Median 47% · 218 middle schools compared

645 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Kentucky: 42%

32%proficient

+6.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 74% of middle schools in Kentucky

Median 40% · 217 middle schools compared

645 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 6–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large city
Run by: Jefferson County

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Jefferson County.

Location

Address: 1700 Norris Place, Louisville, KY 40205
Phone: (502)485-8266
City or town: Louisville
County: Jefferson County

Quality of life in Louisville Schools in Louisville

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Jefferson County Traditional MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	813	18.4	44%	41%	1.6 mi
Barret Traditional MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	579	16.3	64%	56%	1.9 mi
Meyzeek MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	847	16.7	44%	43%	2.5 mi
Noe MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	1,155	19.7	68%	62%	2.8 mi
Newburg MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	615	13.4	29%	28%	3.6 mi
Thomas Jefferson MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	943	13.8	15%	13%	4.0 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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