Editing Highland, Lake County, Indiana (section)

== Education ==
The [[School Town of Highland]] is the town's public school system,<ref name=SDMapLakeCoIN2020>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st18_in/schooldistrict_maps/c18089_lake/DC20SD_C18089.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lake County, IN|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|page=1 (PDF p. 2/3)|access-date=April 21, 2024}}</ref> which operates [[Highland High School (Highland, Indiana)|Highland High School]], which was established in 1957, as well as a middle school and four elementary schools. The area where the former Main School once stood is marked by a [[gazebo]], which was demolished in October 2006 and rebuilt in 2007. It and the surrounding land are named Main Square Park after the now-defunct school that stood on the site until 1977. One of the other defunct schools, Lincoln Elementary, was converted into a community center in the early 1980s. The other, Orchard Park Elementary, closed in 1981 and was later purchased and reopened as a Calumet Baptist School in the early 1990s.

;List of schools – School Town of Highland:
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* Highland High School
* Highland Middle School
* Judith Morton Johnston Elementary School
* Mildred Merkley Elementary School
* Southridge Elementary School
* Allen J. Warren Elementary School
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Highland also contains three private schools. Highland Christian School was founded in 1909 and has been in its present building and location since 1951. Our Lady of Grace School was founded in 1954 and is run by the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Gary|Diocese of Gary]]. There is also Bible Baptist School that operates on the site of the former Orchard Elementary School.