Summary:
The city of Highland, Wisconsin is home to 3 schools serving grades K-12: Highland Community Elementary, Highland Community High, and Highland Community Middle, all part of the Highland School District. While Highland Community High and Highland Community Middle show some strengths, Highland Community Elementary appears to be struggling, with declining performance and potential equity concerns.
Highland Community High School stands out as the highest-ranked school in the district, with a statewide ranking of 227 out of 431 high schools. It has a strong 4-year graduation rate of 89.4% and outperforms the district and state averages in several subject areas on standardized tests. In contrast, Highland Community Elementary has relatively low proficiency rates on the Forward Exam, with scores below the district and state averages in most subject areas.
Attendance and socioeconomic factors also vary across the schools. Highland Community Middle has the lowest chronic absenteeism rate at 4.1%, while Highland Community Elementary has the highest percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients at 34.09%, suggesting it serves a more economically disadvantaged population. These factors may contribute to the declining performance observed at Highland Community Elementary.
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