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Alumni: what's one memory from Highland Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
451
Elementary
DISTRICT 384 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-2·NCES 080624001967
Highland Elementary School
1500 EAST 7TH STREET, RIFLE, CO 81650 · (970) 665-6800 · Garfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL451 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Colorado public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
258 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 49 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
29.2%
CO avg 44.9% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
21.6%
CO avg 36.1% . +5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.2% | 21.6% |
| 2023-24 | 27.2% | 15.9% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Highland Elementary School
Highland Elementary School's state test result (22.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Elementary School this school | 451 | 57.2% | 22.6% |
| Homestake Peak School AVON | 421 | 57.7% | 32.5% |
| Wamsley Elementary School RIFLE | 420 | 60.5% | 22.6% |
| Meadow Ridge Elementary School LOCHBUIE | 440 | 56.1% | N/A |
| University Hill Elementary School BOULDER | 405 | 61.5% | 44.5% |
| Glenwood Springs Elementary School GLENWOOD SPRINGS | 452 | 63.7% | 23.7% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Highland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Garfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #723 of 931 | #11 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #684 of 940 ▲ 90 | #11 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #669 of 946 ▲ 25 | #8 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 451 | #318 of 1,056 | #3 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #592 of 896 | #9 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.3% | #582 of 896 | #10 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.2% | #404 of 983 | #6 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.9% | #125 of 200 | #6 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
451
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
+14% since 2010-11, when it was 395
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 16.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 451 | 27.6 | 16.4:1 | 57% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 418 | 31.8 | 13.2:1 | 48% (202) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 45% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 449 | 27 | 16.6:1 | 52% (233) |
| 2017-18 | 422 | 25 | 16.9:1 | 61% (256) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 25 | 17.3:1 | 66% (283) |
| 2010-11 | 395 | 24 | 16.5:1 | 58% (228) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (422 to 451); teachers up 10% (25 to 27.6).
About Highland Elementary School
Highland Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of RIFLE, Colorado. The school enrolls 451 students in pre-K through 5.
Highland Elementary School sits within Garfield School District No. Re-2, which has 10 schools and 4,695 students.
The largest group at Highland Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 69%. The remaining students are 27% White and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Garfield County, the Hispanic share is about 33%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Highland Elementary School scores 44%.
The school has 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 16.4 students per teacher. That is in line with the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Of all students at Highland Elementary School, 57% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Highland Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 9% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Highland Elementary School is 9.5 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (22.6% versus 32.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Colorado.
Looking at the county, Garfield County, the median household earns about $91,131 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Highland Elementary School, Garfield County has 29 public schools.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Graham Mesa Elementary School, is the closest to Highland Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 4 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Highland Elementary School ranks 6th on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Remote, meaning it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
Highland Elementary School had 449 students in 2020-21 and 451 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
On allk12, people connected to Highland Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Garfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,479
Census ACS
Median income
$91,131
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
10,790 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Garfield School District No. Re-2
- Rifle High SchoolHigh · 778 students
- Coal Ridge High SchoolHigh · 578 students
- Rifle Middle SchoolMiddle · 552 students
- Riverside SchoolMiddle · 483 students
- Cactus Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Graham Mesa Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
Other schools in RIFLE
- Rifle High SchoolHigh · 778 students
- Rifle Middle SchoolMiddle · 552 students
- Graham Mesa Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- Wamsley Elementary SchoolElementary · 420 students
Other Highland Elementary schools
55 other US public schools in 26 states are named Highland Elementary. Highland Elementary School is the 24th largest of the 56.
- Highland Elementary SchoolPIERCE, CO · 443 students
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAKE WORTH, FL · 976 students
- Highland ElementarySanford, NC · 854 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolMarengo, OH · 836 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolEvansville, IN · 814 students
Nearby schools
- Graham Mesa Elementary School0.6 mi · 424
- Rifle Middle School1.1 mi · 552
- Wamsley Elementary School1.3 mi · 420
- Rifle High School1.4 mi · 778
- Cactus Valley Elementary School5.6 mi · 462
- Coal Ridge High School8.4 mi · 578
Frequently asked questions
About Highland Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Highland Elementary School?
Highland Elementary School enrolls approximately 451 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Highland Elementary School serve?
Highland Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Highland Elementary School have?
Highland Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Highland Elementary School?
At Highland Elementary School, the student body is approximately 27% White, 69% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Highland Elementary School?
Highland Elementary School is overseen by Garfield School District No. Re-2 in Garfield County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.