HIGHLAND CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (POLK SCH DIST.), Florida - School Profile in 2023-2024 School Year

Updated on August 8, 2025.

HIGHLAND CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a Elementary in HIGHLAND CITY, FL. It currently serves 415 students (grades PK-05). The school is part of the POLK School District.

Below, we provide details about the school including the population per grade, the racial demography of the student population, the racial demography of the student population per gender/sex, and the racial demography per grade level.

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Other Details

School Type: Regular School
School Level: Elementary
Number of Students:415
Number of Teachers: 28
Student/Teacher Ratio: 14.82

Location Info

Location: 5355 9TH STREET SE, HIGHLAND CITY, FL 33846
Mailing Address: 5355 9TH STREET SE, HIGHLAND CITY, FL 33846
Phone: (863)648-3540
Data Source: NCES.
Student Population Per Grade
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Grade Population
Grade 1 61
Grade 2 68
Grade 3 67
Grade 4 71
Grade 5 64
Kindergarten 71
Pre-Kindergarten 13
Gender/Sex of HIGHLAND CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Student Population
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Gender Population Percent of Population (%)
Male 221 53.25
Female 194 46.75
Race/Ethnicity Demography of HIGHLAND CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 2 0.48
Asian 5 1.21
Black or African American 47 11.33
Hispanic/Latino 126 30.36
Two or more races 27 6.51
White 208 50.12
Male - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 4 1.81
Black or African American 23 10.41
Hispanic/Latino 65 29.41
Two or more races 16 7.24
White 113 51.13
Female - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 2 1.03
Asian 1 0.52
Black or African American 24 12.37
Hispanic/Latino 61 31.44
Two or more races 11 5.67
White 95 48.97

Race Demography Per Grade

The tables below shows the Race/Ethnicity of the student population per grade.
Grade 1 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 6 9.84
Hispanic/Latino 19 31.15
Two or more races 3 4.92
White 33 54.10
Grade 2 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 8 11.77
Hispanic/Latino 26 38.24
Two or more races 7 10.29
White 27 39.71
Grade 3 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 1 1.49
Black or African American 7 10.45
Hispanic/Latino 21 31.34
Two or more races 5 7.46
White 33 49.25
Grade 4 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1.41
Asian 2 2.82
Black or African American 12 16.90
Hispanic/Latino 18 25.35
Two or more races 4 5.63
White 34 47.89
Grade 5 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1.56
Asian 1 1.56
Black or African American 5 7.81
Hispanic/Latino 15 23.44
Two or more races 5 7.81
White 37 57.81
Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 7 9.86
Hispanic/Latino 23 32.39
Two or more races 3 4.22
White 38 53.52
Pre-Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 1 7.69
Black or African American 2 15.39
Hispanic/Latino 4 30.77
White 6 46.15