Highland Acres is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kent County, Delaware, United States.

It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.

16.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Highland Acres is located in the Caesar Rodney School District.

Residents south of West Lebanon Road are zoned to Allen Frear Elementary School in Rising Sun-Lebanon and they in turn are zoned to Postlethwait Middle School, also in Rising Sun-Lebanon.