SAT & ITBS Scores

Highlands Latin’s rigorous approach has proven that a focus on an academic culture, within a classical Christian setting, leads to impressive results. Highlands Latin is ranked in the top 1% of schools in the nation on the ITBS Standardized Test for K-8, and consistently scores among the top schools in the state on the SAT and ACT college admissions tests.

SAT and ACT Scores

Highlands Latin offers a tremendous academic value with the highest average SAT and ACT scores in Louisville.

High School	ACT	2021 Tuition
Highlands Latin School	31	$8,375
Louisville Collegiate School	30	$25,700
Kentucky Country Day School	28	$24,050
Sacred Heart Academy	26	$14,750
Saint Xavier High School	26	$14,625
Christian Academy of Louisville	25	$12,375

Highlands Latin Historical SAT and ACT Scores

Class	SAT Reading	SAT Math	SAT Composite	ACT
2020	687	665	1352	31
2019	702	701	1403	30
2018	682	632	1314	28
2017	708	644	1342	31
2016	650	637	1287	29
2015	691	662	1353	30
2014	701	621	1322	30

National Merit Scholars

Highlands Latin also has the highest percentage of National Merit students in Kentucky over the last 10 years with 26% of graduates recognized as National Merit Finalists or Commended
Students.

K-8 Standardized Test Results

Highlands Latin School uses the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) to test every student in Kindergarten-8th Grade. The ITBS is one of the longest running (since 1936), most respected, standardized tests in the country. It has been administered for years with little change, providing a consistent comparison of our students against others across the country.

ITBS Results

In 2019, HLS scored in the top 1% of all schools in the nation for the fifteenth year in a row. HLS students score more than 3 grades above their actual grade level. HLS 7th and
8th grades received the maximum possible grade equivalency on the ITBS, 13+.  HLS students score about 2 grades above their grade level in kindergarten. By 7th grade, they score 5 grades above their grade level.