Total enrollment
1,610
-144 (-8%) vs SY 2017-18
4 schools in Highland
New York · Public K-12
Highland, New York reports 4 public K-12 schools to NCES, totaling roughly 1,610 students (1 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high).
7-year change in Highland
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
4
0 (0%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
65%
was 70%
% Hispanic
18%
was 14%
% Black
10%
was 8%
% Asian
3%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
| Name | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Elementary | KG-05 | 665 |
| HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL | High | 09-12 | 513 |
| HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL | Middle | 06-09 | 348 |
| HIGHLAND RESIDENTIAL CENTER | High | 06-12 | 84 |
About Highland
Highland is a rural-scale New York city in terms of public-school footprint, with 4 schools and 1,610 students total.
On the school-mix side, the city is made up of 1 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high.
Per-campus enrollment runs near 403, meaningfully below the state mean of about 519.
Over the past 7-year window. Across the same 7-year window, public-school enrollment fell 8%: 1,754 students in SY 2017-18 versus 1,610 in SY 2024-25. On the demographic side, White enrollment moved from 70% to 65% over the same window.
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