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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
685
Middle
DISTRICT 718 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048000765
HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL
10913 PINE ESTATES RD E, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32218 · (904) 696-8771 · Duval County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL685 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
420 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 217 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 225 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 243 | 35% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70% · 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
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
28.1%
FL avg 56.7% . -4.6pp since 2023
Math
37.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.1% | 37.7% |
| 2023-24 | 32.6% | 42.8% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #502 of 560 | #17 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #498 of 560 | #18 of 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #544 of 560 | #20 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 685 | #387 of 584 | #17 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #475 of 547 | #18 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.1% | #450 of 553 | #20 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.2% | #175 of 379 | #10 of 19 |
Ranked against other public middle 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
685
-132 (-16%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 20.9:1
% White
9%
was 8%
% Hispanic
10%
was 4%
% Black
75%
was 84%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 685 | 31 | 22.1:1 | 61% (420) |
| 2023-24 | 689 | 36 | 19.1:1 | 67% (462) |
| 2022-23 | 697 | 31 | 22.5:1 | 73% (506) |
| 2017-18 | 817 | 39 | 20.9:1 | 74% (608) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL
HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, as a mid-sized middle school. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 685 students.
HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL is run by DUVAL, whose 206 schools enroll 131,562 students.
Black students are 75% of those enrolled at HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL. Other reported shares: 10% Hispanic, 9% White, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 29% Black among all Duval County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 41%.
Staffing at HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL comes to 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 22.1:1. Middle schools in Florida average 19.6:1, 2.5 fewer students per teacher than here. HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL counts 61% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Duval County is 47%.
HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 14.3 points (36.1% versus 50.4%), a bottom-10% result in Florida on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Duval County show that median household income comes to about $71,277, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Duval County counts 220 public schools with about 141,209 students.
PINE ESTATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles from HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 41.4%, higher than HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL's 36.1%.
For locale, NCES codes HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL as City: Large.
Enrollment fell 16% over 7 years, reaching 685 in 2024-25. The largest shift in the student mix was in the Black share, which dropped from 84% to 75%. In 2017-18, the student-to-teacher ratio was 20.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 22.1:1.
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Duval County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,023,153
Census ACS
Median income
$71,277
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
220
141,209 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DUVAL
- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,887 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- DUNCAN U. FLETCHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,184 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Other schools in JACKSONVILLE
- DIGITAL ACADEMY OF FLORIDACombined · 6,069 students
- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,887 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Nearby schools
- PINE ESTATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 220
- SOMERSET ACADEMY-ELEMENTARY EAGLE CAMPUS0.3 mi · 324
- SOMERSET ACADEMY-MIDDLE EAGLE CAMPUS0.3 mi · 177
- BISCAYNE HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 217
- GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 390
- BISCAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 818
Frequently asked questions
About HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 685 students in grades 06-08.
Is HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 22.1:1 students per teacher at HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 9% White, 10% Hispanic, 75% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by DUVAL in Duval County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.