Summary:
Highland Community School District has only one middle school, Highland Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school has an enrollment of 111 students, with a predominantly White student population (93.69%). In the 2023-2024 school year, Highland Middle School's proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science were generally on par or slightly lower compared to the district and state averages.
Over the past three years, Highland Middle School's statewide ranking has declined, from 104 out of 337 Iowa middle schools in 2021-2022 (3-star rating) to 209 out of 337 in 2023-2024 (2-star rating). The school's spending per student ($11,058 in 2018-2019) is higher than the national average, and it has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 14.1 to 1.
While Highland Community School District has only one middle school, the data suggests that there may be areas for improvement, such as addressing the declining statewide ranking and exploring ways to improve academic performance in certain subjects and grade levels. The school's racial homogeneity may also be an area of concern, as it could impact the diversity of the educational experience for students.
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