[4] The school gives special emphasis to Latin, mathematics, and music, which it calls the "three universal languages."

Its education is founded on the belief that the study of ancient Greece and Rome give students a basis of comparison for English and American History.

[7][dubious – discuss] Highlands Latin started as a part of Memoria Press, a classical Christian curriculum company founded by Cheryl Lowe, but since 2007, it has been an independent for-profit school owned by the Lowe family.

[8][9][10] In September 2024, Highlands Latin School was the subject of an in depth report by Louisville's Courier Journal.

[11] The article cited several accounts of student mistreatment by faculty, including belittling, shaming, and bullying.