Highlands School (Macon County Schools SCH DIST.), North Carolina - School Profile in 2023-2024 School Year

Updated on August 8, 2025.

Highlands School is a Other in Highlands, NC. It currently serves 319 students (grades KG-12). The school is part of the Macon County Schools 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.

You can see similar information for other schools in Macon County Schools School District and all schools in North Carolina.

Other Details

School Type: Regular School
School Level: Other
Number of Students:319
Number of Teachers: 34
Student/Teacher Ratio: 9.27

Location Info

Location: 545 Pierson Dr, Highlands, NC 28741
Mailing Address: PO Box 940, Highlands, NC 28741-0940
Phone: (828)526-2147
Data Source: NCES.
Student Population Per Grade
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Grade Population
Grade 1 21
Grade 10 27
Grade 11 28
Grade 12 17
Grade 2 30
Grade 3 21
Grade 4 30
Grade 5 27
Grade 6 29
Grade 7 17
Grade 8 23
Grade 9 24
Kindergarten 25
Gender/Sex of Highlands School Student Population
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Gender Population Percent of Population (%)
Male 162 50.78
Female 157 49.22
Race/Ethnicity Demography of Highlands School Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 2 0.63
Asian 1 0.31
Hispanic/Latino 97 30.41
Two or more races 3 0.94
White 216 67.71
Male - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Hispanic/Latino 49 30.25
White 113 69.75
Female - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 2 1.27
Asian 1 0.64
Hispanic/Latino 48 30.57
Two or more races 3 1.91
White 103 65.61

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 (%)
Hispanic/Latino 4 19.05
White 17 80.95
Grade 10 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 1 3.70
Hispanic/Latino 5 18.52
White 21 77.78
Grade 11 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Hispanic/Latino 11 39.29
White 17 60.71
Grade 12 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 1 5.88
Hispanic/Latino 2 11.77
White 14 82.35
Grade 2 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Hispanic/Latino 10 33.33
White 20 66.67
Grade 3 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Hispanic/Latino 7 33.33
Two or more races 2 9.52
White 12 57.14
Grade 4 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Hispanic/Latino 11 36.67
White 19 63.33
Grade 5 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Hispanic/Latino 10 37.04
White 17 62.96
Grade 6 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Hispanic/Latino 6 20.69
White 23 79.31
Grade 7 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Hispanic/Latino 7 41.18
White 10 58.82
Grade 8 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Hispanic/Latino 6 26.09
Two or more races 1 4.35
White 16 69.57
Grade 9 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Hispanic/Latino 11 45.83
White 13 54.17
Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 1 4.00
Hispanic/Latino 7 28.00
White 17 68.00