Middle · Kentucky
Highlands Middle School
Highlands Middle School, a public middle school in Fort Thomas, Kentucky: grades 6–8, 717 students, 15.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Fort Thomas Independent.
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
- 717
- Teachers (FTE)
- 45.7
- Students per teacher
- 15.7
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 54% of middle schools in Kentucky
Median 15.9 · 219 schools compared
More students per teacher than 60% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 75% of middle schools in Kentucky
Median 558 · 219 schools compared
Larger than 71% 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%65%proficient
−2.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 92% of middle schools in Kentucky
Median 47% · 218 middle schools compared
718 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Kentucky: 42%66%proficient
−1.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 96% of middle schools in Kentucky
Median 40% · 217 middle schools compared
722 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
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Fort Thomas Independent
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Fort Thomas Independent.
Location
- Address
- 2350 Memorial Pkwy, Fort Thomas, KY 41075
- Phone
- (859)441-5222
- City or town
- Fort Thomas
- County
- Campbell County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Holmes Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 631 | 14.7 |
ReGeneration Middle SchoolCharterFree meals for all | 5–8 | 154 | 22.0 |
| 7–8 | 239 | 11.9 | |
Norwood Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 371 | 13.4 |
Shroder Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 148 | 14.2 |
| 7–8 | 1,087 | 17.7 |
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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