Summary:
Zip code 41256 has one school, Highland Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 6 and enrolling 392 students. In 2025–2026, it scored above state results in 9 of 12 reported grade-and-subject comparisons, including reading and mathematics overall; its average advantage across those comparisons, however, narrowed from 13 points in 2024–2025 to 5 points in 2025–2026.
Because Highland is the only school listed, there is no local school that stands out above or below it; the clearest comparisons are with state results. Its strongest current result is sixth-grade reading, at 68% proficient compared with 54% statewide, a 14-point lead; third-grade reading is also strong, at 60% versus 49%. Fourth-grade science is 47% versus 40% statewide. The main gaps are in fourth- and fifth-grade reading, where Highland is 3 and 1 points below the state, and fifth-grade mathematics, where it trails by 3 points. Its subject averages are above state averages in every reported subject, though the leads are smaller in writing (1 point) and social studies (2 points) than in science (7 points) or editing and mechanics (6 points).
Results fell in most subjects between the two reported years: writing and editing and mechanics each dropped 23 points, while social studies fell 10 points. Science was the exception, rising 4 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking moved from 147th of 685 schools, at the 79th percentile and 4 stars in 2024–2025, to 249th of 684, at the 64th percentile and 3 stars in 2025–2026. As context, Highland’s reported free/reduced lunch eligible measure was 63% in 2024–2025, and its student-teacher ratio was 13.2 to 1 that year. Chronic absenteeism was 38% in 2025–2026, compared with 36% in Johnson County and 24% statewide.
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