Highland Middle School

Highland Middle School is an intermediate school of compact scale in AULT, Colorado, operated by Weld County School District No. Re-9, teacheing 234 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 462 students each, so Highland Middle School sits 49% below that benchmark.

Weld County School District No. Re-9 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 976 students. Highland Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Highland Middle School reports that White students make up the majority at 62%. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Highland Middle School reports 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Weld County's rate of about 47%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Highland Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 48.1%; this one comes in at 21.3%, -26.8 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, census data for Weld County shows median household income runs about $97,097, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Weld County runs 116 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,274 students), of which Highland Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Highland High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Highland Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Highland Middle School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 38.7%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Highland Middle School's enrollment has edged up 9% since 2018, when it stood at 215 (now 234). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 28% to 35%.

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