Highlands Elementary School

Grades: K-5
Students: 564
Type: Public
GreatSchools Rating
Student-Teacher Ratio: 9:1
Certified Teachers: 100%
Community Reviews
10 Reviews
Additional GreatSchools Ratings
10/10
Test Scores
3/10
Equity
NA
Academic Progress
NA
College Readiness
8/10
Student Growth

Community Reviews

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School year started off great. My daughter lost her shoe at the school I called the school as well as asked the bus driver. No one knew where her shoe was, I called again the next day to be informed that no one looked for her shoe I was then hung up on, only to be called ask by the
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Posted by a parent on 12/3/2025
Average experience. The school is being stretched and going through lots of changes. The district is spending to much money on sticks and bricks and forgetting about the fundamentals. The students, programs and teachers should be the focus. Constant school start time changes are getting old for work
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Posted by a parent on 8/23/2018
My daughter is a student at Highlands right now and having a wonderful experience. The teachers are fantastic. They are all highly qualified and they truly care about every single child. It's a very diverse population, when my daughter has a party is like a mini UN meeting. Kids are exposed to many
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Posted by a parent on 8/13/2016
Extremely disorganized environment/classrooms. "Unstructured" learning leaves my son lost, needs structure. Teachers are distant, not engaged, self-important.
Posted by a parent on 5/17/2016
I have had 2 boys go through Highlands in the discovery program and have loved the school. Class sizes can be big, often over 30 but the teachers are wonderful. They loop for 1st/2nd grade and 3rd/4th grade which really works well for the kids and the year gets off to a quick effortless start in sep
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Posted by a parent on 10/15/2014

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Edina schools - Highlands Elementary School is located at 5505 DONCASTER WAY, Edina MN 55436. Highlands Elementary School is in the Edina Public School District. Highlands Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels K-5.

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