Highland Central School District

The Highland Central School District in New York operates three schools: Highland Elementary School, Highland High School, and Highland Middle School. The district serves a total of 1,526 students across these three schools, with varying academic performance and student demographics.

Highland Elementary School stands out as a consistent high performer, exceeding state averages in English Language Arts and Math proficiency for grades 3-5. The school maintains a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger and has a relatively low percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients, suggesting a more affluent student population. In contrast, Highland Middle School has mixed performance, with ELA proficiency above the state average but Math proficiency below the state average for grades 6-8, indicating an area for improvement.

Highland High School achieves a high 4-year graduation rate of 91.7%, outperforming the state average, and has a lower dropout rate of 4.9% compared to the district and state. However, the school's academic performance data is not directly reported, and its rating from SchoolDigger has fluctuated, dipping to a 1-star rating in the 2020-2021 school year before rebounding to a 3-star rating. This suggests the need for further analysis and targeted interventions to address any areas of underperformance, particularly in Mathematics at the middle school level.