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Schools in The Highlands

The Highlands’s public schools

Nickerson Unified School District 309 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for The Highlands. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/4schools above Kansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Kansas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
25%
2021–22
Math proficiency
28%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.1K
▲ 8% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.8
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
901 students on the public path
In brief

The Highlands’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of The Highlands’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Nickerson Elem places highest (better than 77%); Nickerson High lowest (8%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve The Highlands, graded from B− to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Nickerson High. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in The Highlands, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressB− to A−
7–8Reno Valley Middle Schoolin HutchinsonC−
9–12Nickerson Highin NickersonD

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Nickerson Unified School District 309.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Nickerson Unified School District 309Grades PK–12 · 5 schools · 1,011 students, down 13% since 2020–21 · 9.8 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$16,145KS $14,966 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading25%
State average 32.5% · 560 students tested
Math28%
State average 29.4% · 562 students tested

The Highlands vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Kansas towns that share The Highlands’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
The Highlands—Nickerson Unified School District 309
East Washington—Little River Unified School District 444 PK–12 · Nickerson Unified School District 309 PK–12 · Inman Unified School District 448 PK–12
GrantC+Nickerson Unified School District 309

All 2 neighbors share Nickerson Unified School District 309 with The Highlands, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in The Highlands

4 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Kansas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving The Highlandsin other towns
South Hutchinson Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · South Hutchinson
B−
326 students11:1Rate it →
Nickerson Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Nickerson
A−
183 students10:1Rate it →
Reno Valley Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Hutchinson
C−
137 students8:1Rate it →
Nickerson High
High · Grades 9–12 · Nickerson
D
255 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about The Highlands’s schools

Are The Highlands’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for The Highlands. Nickerson Unified School District 309 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for The Highlands. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is The Highlands in?

Nickerson Unified School District 309.

Where do The Highlands kids go to high school?

Nickerson High.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.