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Highland Local School District

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Highland Local School District is located close to the center of Ohio. Highland Local School District has 119.77 square miles of land area and 0.14 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Highland Local School District population is 11,992. Highland Local School District median household income is $56,832 in 2010-2014. Highland Local School District median house value is $158,500 in 2010-2014. On average, Highland Local School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (322 out of 610, bottom 47%) Elementary/Middle School: (189 out of 610, top 31%)* Rank: #241
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	11,992 (2010-2014), rank #279
Population Growth	20.16% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	100.00/sq mi, rank #417
Median Household Income:	$56,832 at 2010-2014—7.10% increase since 2005-2009, rank #194
Median House Price:	$158,500 at 2010-2014—10.07% increase since 2005-2009, rank #125
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	119.77 sq mi, rank #90
Water Area:	0.14 sq mi (0.12%), rank #412
State:	Ohio
County:	Morrow County, Delaware County
City:	Centerburg, Marengo, Mount Vernon, Fredericktown, Sparta, Fulton, Cardington, Mount Gilead, Chesterville, Sunbury
Zip:	43011, 43334, 43050, 43019, 43321, 43315, 43338, 43317, 43074
Area:	Columbus, OH

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Highland Local School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

6506 State Route 229

Sparta OH, 43350, Morrow County

Phone: 419-768-2206

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,840	1,828	1,850	1,802	1,804	1,867	1,883
English Language Learner Students:	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Total Teachers:	107.50	107.00	105.95	112.90	109.66	109.60	106.00
Prekindergarten:	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	7.82	7.51	7.63	7.00	7.00	7.00	8.00
Elementary:	51.44	50.31	49.75	52.65	51.26	48.90	45.10
Secondary:	46.24	49.18	46.57	50.25	49.00	52.30	51.50
Ungraded:	0.00	0.00	2.00	3.00	2.40	1.40	1.40
Total Other Staff:	192.59	173.78	113.31	115.75	119.64	118.00	117.00
Instructional Aides:	16.00	16.49	16.67	18.67	18.00	17.00	16.20
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	0.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	3.00	2.00	3.00	3.67	3.67	3.70	3.70
District Administrators:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
District Administrative Support:	7.25	6.25	5.25	5.22	6.25	6.30	6.30
School Administrators:	6.00	5.00	6.00	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
School Administrative Support:	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
Student Support Services:	10.00	7.00	8.00	10.00	13.00	14.00	15.00
Other Support Services:	136.34	123.04	62.39	61.19	60.72	59.00	57.80
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.12	17.08	17.46	15.96	16.45	17.03	17.76

Schools

Highland Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	1250 Township Rd 16, Sparta OH 43350
Highland High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1300 State Route 314, Marengo OH 43334
Highland Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	6506 State Route 229, Marengo OH 43334

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
OAA Test
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	70.4%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.5%	74.9%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.5%	84%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.7%	79.3%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.5%	81.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.1%	76.9%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.3%	82%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.1%	79.8%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.9%	78.3%
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.9%	78.2%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.1%	77.3%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	75.1%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.6%	76%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94.2%	77.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.3%	77.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.5%	78.4%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.5%	79.9%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.4%	79%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.6%	81.4%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58.4%	65.8%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.4%	65.5%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.6%	76.9%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.1%	76%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.7%	74.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.6%	78.4%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86%	76.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.9%	78.1%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.7%	78.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.2%	77.6%
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.5%	70.8%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.6%	76.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.2%	76.8%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.1%	80%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.9%	81.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.8%	82%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.7%	81%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93.1%	83.8%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	83.3%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	96.9%	87.7%
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	83.9%	78.6%
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	80.8%	78.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88.6%	85.9%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	87.7%	82%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	83.1%	81.7%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92.6%	84.4%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.1%	62.7%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.4%	61%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.1%	61.8%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.1%	62.3%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.2%	67%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.2%	66.1%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.5%	67.5%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.2%	68.3%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.5%	76.9%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.4%	75.3%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.9%	80%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81%	72.7%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.2%	72%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.6%	71.8%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.2%	74.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.2%	76.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.0%	74.2%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	72.3%	68%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	70.2%	66.4%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	70.6%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	84.9%	69.9%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82.7%	71.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82.1%	72.5%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	72.3%	67.6%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	65.4%	57%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	70.2%	64.8%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	64.6%	61.6%
2004	Math	6th Grade	% met std	62.3%	65.6%
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68.9%	62.5%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.8%	68.4%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.8%	74%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.3%	76.6%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.8%	75.2%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.4%	77.4%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.5%	77.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	93.1%	79.9%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.1%	74.7%
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	64.6%
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60%	69.8%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.3%	83.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.6%	78%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.1%	79.7%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90.2%	81.3%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.8%	84.1%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	94.2%	85.6%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93.1%	86.7%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.0%	82.8%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.3%	58.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.5%	63.2%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.1%	71%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.9%	68.8%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	93.1%	74.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.4%	71.1%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.4%	74.8%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	95.0%	73.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.7%	72.8%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.3%	78.9%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.8%	77%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.2%	77.3%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.5%	76.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.4%	80.2%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.4%	77.3%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.6%	79.5%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.7%	81%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	83.4%	81%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	89.6%	85.7%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	84.7%	80.5%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.4%	60.1%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.7%	68.6%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.8%	71%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.1%	72.8%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.2%	70.6%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87%	69.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.4%	74.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.5%	79.6%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	92.9%	76.6%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.6%	78.9%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.3%	77.1%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.9%	80%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.4%	79.4%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.4%	72.4%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87%	80.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.3%	85.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.9%	83%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.3%	85.7%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.3%	62%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70.1%	62.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.9%	62.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	77.5%	64.8%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	75.2%	67.4%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	85.4%	71.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	74.6%	68.6%
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	56.8%	49%
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	53.1%	53.5%
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	36.8%	51.1%
OGT Test
2004	Math	10th Grade	% met std	63%	84.5%
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	79.7%	81.6%
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	94.2%	82.7%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	87.7%	81%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	79.7%	79%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	85.4%	81.4%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	88.7%	80.4%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	88.7%	82.6%
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	89.7%	82.6%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	96.7%	83.3%
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.2%	95.7%
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	89.8%	92%
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	96.4%	89.4%
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	89.1%	86.7%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84.2%	85.2%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84.8%	84.5%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87.2%	83%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86.5%	87.2%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.4%	86%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	93.3%	87.6%
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	74.8%	73%
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	80.4%	73.1%
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	74.6%	72.1%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	79%	72.8%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	78.8%	76%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	77.3%	73%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	73.8%	74.7%
2012	Science	10th Grade	% met std	83.1%	81.6%
2013	Science	10th Grade	% met std	82.5%	77.2%
2005	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	79.7%	79.3%
2006	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	82.6%	79.5%
2007	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	80.4%	76%
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	76.3%	78.4%
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	81.5%	81.6%
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	82.9%	79.6%
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	78%	80.1%
2012	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	80.7%	76.7%
2013	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	83.3%	81.1%
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	84.7%	83.7%
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	92%	88%
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	92%	89.3%
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	84.2%	85.2%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	86.8%	89.7%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	83.7%	84.1%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	87.9%	89.5%
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	87.5%	87.1%
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	90.0%	84.9%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	98.4%	88.8%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	95.3%	88.2%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	89.9%	88.5%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	91.6%	89.2%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	97.8%	89.1%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	94.1%	89.9%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	94.4%	88.9%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	97.6%	92.8%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	95.3%	91.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	93.5%	92.8%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	91.6%	91.6%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	98.5%	92.4%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	92.6%	92.6%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	97.6%	92.9%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	93.5%	83.6%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	89.1%	83.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	88.4%	84.2%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	85.2%	85.1%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	90.3%	84.2%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	88.9%	87.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	92.8%	85.1%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	95.9%	87.6%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	89.1%	86.5%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	89.1%	88.6%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	89.7%	88.7%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	91.8%	88%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	85.2%	85.6%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	90.4%	88.2%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	97.6%	93.4%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.8%	93%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92%	93.2%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91%	0%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.3%	93.4%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.6%	93%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.8%	92.1%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$19,071,000	$10,309		$20,037,000	$11,119		$44,859,000	$24,866
Federal:	$2,299,000	$1,243	12.1%	$2,399,000	$1,331	12.0%	$2,126,000	$1,178	4.7%
State:	$10,153,000	$5,488	53.2%	$11,079,000	$6,148	55.3%	$36,257,000	$20,098	80.8%
Local:	$6,619,000	$3,578	34.7%	$6,559,000	$3,640	32.7%	$6,476,000	$3,590	14.4%
Total Expenditures:	$25,621,000	$13,849		$43,539,000	$24,161		$30,315,000	$16,804
Total Current Expenditures:	$16,465,000	$8,900		$16,407,000	$9,105		$16,221,000	$8,992
Instructional Expenditures:	$9,552,000	$5,163	58.0%	$10,540,000	$5,849	64.2%	$9,967,000	$5,525	61.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,697,000	$917	10.3%	$1,649,000	$915	10.1%	$1,796,000	$996	11.1%
Administration:	$1,767,000	$955	10.7%	$1,105,000	$613	6.7%	$1,372,000	$761	8.5%
Operations, Food, Other:	$3,449,000	$1,864	20.9%	$3,113,000	$1,728	19.0%	$3,086,000	$1,711	19.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$8,403,000	$4,542		$26,376,000	$14,637		$13,336,000	$7,392
Construction:	$5,084,000	$2,748		$23,591,000	$13,092		$12,754,000	$7,070
Total Other:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$753,000	$407		$756,000	$420		$758,000	$420

Total Salary:	$9,318,000	$5,037		$8,764,000	$4,863		$8,885,000	$4,925
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$6,449,000	$3,486	69.2%	$6,498,000	$3,606	74.1%	$6,288,000	$3,486	70.8%
Other Salary:	$2,869,000	$1,551	30.8%	$2,266,000	$1,257	25.9%	$2,597,000	$1,440	29.2%
Total Benefit:	$3,138,000	$1,696		$3,096,000	$1,718		$3,009,000	$1,668
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,721,000	$930	54.8%	$1,744,000	$968	56.3%	$1,691,000	$937	56.2%
Other Benefit:	$1,417,000	$766	45.2%	$1,352,000	$750	43.7%	$1,318,000	$731	43.8%

* Highland Local School District was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.