Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Fort Thomas

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Highlands High School
A+

Highlands High School

PublicHighGrades 9–12

2400 Memorial Pkwy, Fort Thomas, KY 41075 · (859) 781-5900 · Part of Fort Thomas Independent School District

Fort Thomas’ School Grade A+ better than 99% of Kentucky school districts

Directions
Photo: AndyHemmerCincinnati · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Students
1,019
Students per teacher
17:1
Free or reduced lunch
8%
Setting
Suburb
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about Highlands High School

  • Its own letter, A+: reading and math results near the top of Kentucky’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 32 pts above the state
  • Reading / language arts 16 pts above the state

On the path

Where Fort Thomas kids come from and go next. The whole path →

6–8Highlands Middle School717 students
9–12Highlands High SchoolYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency62%
State average 29.7%
Reading / language arts57%
State average 41.3%

Its own letter, A+, places these results among Kentucky’s 1,177 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

2400 Memorial Pkwy, Fort Thomas

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 9245
Grade 10251
Grade 11295
Grade 12227
Ungraded1
Enrollment over time
1,036’20
995’21
1,015’22
1,022’23
1,019’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 88%Two or more races 5%Hispanic 4%Asian 2%Black 1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Highlands High School from Fort Thomas families.

Other schools in Fort Thomas Independent School District

The district →
Moyer Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Fort Thomas
A+
565 students17:1
Johnson Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Fort Thomas
A+
425 students15:1
Woodfill Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fort Thomas
A+
444 students16:1
Highlands Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Fort Thomas
A+
717 students16:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Kentucky’s other public schools; Fort Thomas’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.