Highland High School

What Highland High School does

Highland Local School District is a public K-12 school district headquartered in Medina, Ohio, serving approximately 3,386 students across five school buildings: Granger, Hinckley, and Sharon Elementary Schools, Highland Middle School, and Highland High School. The district operates across 78 square miles covering Granger, Hinckley, Sharon, Montville, Medina, and Brunswick Hills Townships, with supplemental programs including Little Hornets Preschool, the Highland Express Child Care (Latchkey) program, an athletic conference offering more than 20 varsity and junior varsity sports, and mental health liaison services K-12. Highland High School is ranked #19 in Ohio and #3 in the Cleveland metro by U.S. News & World Report, and the district carries a 5-Star rating on the 2025 Ohio State Report Card with a 99% graduation rate (271 graduates in the Class of 2025).

The district's core technology stack consists of commodity K-12 platforms rather than proprietary systems: Google Apps for Education and Google Classroom for instructional delivery, a Clever Portal providing single sign-on across apps, PowerSchool for student information and grading, and Finalsite for district website management. The website is WCAG 2.0 Level AA compliant under the oversight of a dedicated Web Accessibility Coordinator. No proprietary AI, ML, or differentiated platform capabilities are disclosed.

Highland is funded primarily through local property tax levies (including a 7.4 mill Emergency Operating Levy on the May 6, 2025 ballot), state education funding, and federal grants including Title I and IDEA Part B. Supplemental fee-for-service revenue streams include the National School Lunch Program (lunches priced at $3.25-$3.95), the Latchkey before/after school program ($11 per session, $55-$110 per week), facility rentals, and community education classes. The district has received the GFOA Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for 25 consecutive years and operates with an average expenditure per student of $12,627, cited as below the Ohio state average. As a government entity, Highland has no parent company, no equity ownership, and is governed by an elected five-member Board of Education with Superintendent Catherine Aukerman as chief executive.

Name

Highland High School

Legal name

Highland Local School District

Website

https://highlandschools.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Highland Local School District is a public K-12 district in Medina County, Ohio, serving approximately 3,386 students across five school buildings. It is funded primarily by local property tax levies, state aid, and federal grants, and is governed by an elected Board of Education.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public K-12 Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public High Schools (EDAJAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Middle Schools (EDAJAAAC), Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB)

Keywords

• K-12 public education
• Secondary school services
• Preschool programs
• Special education services
• School food service

Headquarters

HQ city

Medina

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Public School Funding: Funded primarily through local property taxes (levies), state education funding, and federal grants including Title I and IDEA Part B funds
2. Food Service Program: National School Lunch Program providing nutritional meals; revenue from student meal purchases ($3.25-$3.95 per lunch)
3. Highland Express Child Care: Before and after school latchkey program at elementary schools charging per session and weekly rates ($11/session, $55-$110/week)

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Highland High School is a public high school (grades 9-12) within the Highland Local School District in Medina County, Ohio, serving approximately 3,400 students across five school buildings. The school delivers college-preparatory academics including AP, College Credit Plus, and Honors coursework, alongside career readiness, world languages, computer sciences, 20+ varsity and junior varsity sports, music, theater, visual arts, and STEM/robotics programs, supplemented by free K-12 mental health liaison services, food service, transportation, and before/after school care.

Product overview

Highland Local School District is a public K-12 educational institution serving approximately 3,400 students across five school buildings in Medina County, Ohio. The district provides a comprehensive educational program including standard academic curriculum, Advanced Placement and College Credit Plus courses, honors programming, world languages, computer sciences, career readiness, and gifted services. The district also offers Little Hornets Preschool (5-star rated), Highland Express Child Care (Latchkey) program, extensive athletics (20+ varsity/junior varsity sports), music programs (band, choir, orchestra), theater, visual arts, STEM/robotics, and esports. Mental health liaison services are available across all K-12 buildings. Highland High School specifically is ranked #19 in Ohio and #3 in the Cleveland Metro Area by U.S. News & World Report.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• K-12 Academic Education
• Little Hornets Preschool
• Highland Express Child Care (Latchkey)
• National School Lunch Program
• Special Education Services
• English Learner Services
• Mental Health Liaison Services
• Highland Athletics Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% graduation rate with 271 graduates in Class of 2025
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Medina County Schools Educational Service CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for processing substitute teacher applications and providing educational service support to the district
• Hazel HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTelehealth counseling services partnership providing online counseling and therapy to students at no cost; services are confidential and require guardian consent
• Medina County Career CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudents attending the career center in the morning are transported on the same bus routes with two-hour delay adjustments
• Medina County Athletic ConferenceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAthletic conference membership for Highland's 20+ varsity and junior varsity sports programs

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Hudson City School District: Northeast Ohio suburban public K-12 district recognized for academic excellence; useful peer for high-performing statewide benchmarking and parent-choice dynamics.
• Nordonia Hills City School District: Greater Cleveland/Akron suburban K-12 district; comparable suburban profile, similar AP and extracurricular breadth, competing for in-migration families.
• Mentor Exempted Village School District: Larger Northeast Ohio public K-12 district; similar AP/College Credit Plus offerings and serves as a benchmark for top-quartile Ohio suburban districts.
• Berea City School District: Cleveland metro public K-12 district in the same U.S. News ranking cohort; useful comparable for measuring high school performance and graduation outcomes.

Direct peers

• Medina City School District: Direct in-county K-12 peer; competes head-to-head for open enrollment, college-credit programming, and athletic conference positioning in the Medina County Athletic Conference.
• Cloverleaf Local School District: Medina County public K-12 district operating on the same county tax base and state report card framework; comparable size and program mix.
• Wadsworth City School District: Neighboring Medina County public district with a comparable high school offering, drawing from similar Cleveland-metro feeder demographics and overlapping bus/transportation corridors.
• Brunswick City School District: Adjacent public K-12 district in Medina County competing for the same Cleveland-metro open-enrollment families, with overlapping program offerings (AP, athletics, CTE via Medina County Career Center).
• Revere Local School District: Adjacent Northeast Ohio K-12 district with overlapping athletic conference membership and comparable community-funded operating model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/highlandschools
• Facebookfacebook.com/highland.schools
• Instagraminstagram.com/highlandschoolsoh
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/highland-high-school-18

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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