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What's the one class at HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
665
Elementary
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HIGHLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361440001191
HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
16 LOCKHART LN, HIGHLAND, NY 12528 · (845) 691-1072 · Ulster County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL665 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of New York 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.
- C-Beats 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 New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
236 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 124 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (124) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (134).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 72% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within HIGHLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
49.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
51.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 52.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. 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
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for New York 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 New York'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 (45.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 665 | 35.5% | 45.0% |
| PINE BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PINE BUSH | 648 | 37.8% | 51.0% |
| BLACK RIVER SCHOOL BLACK RIVER | 572 | 33.7% | 52.3% |
| RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIDGE | 684 | 36.5% | 40.6% |
| PS/MS 114 BELLE HARBOR ROCKAWAY PARK | 638 | 30.9% | 65.1% |
| MARLBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MARLBORO | 780 | 33.1% | 54.0% |
Matched among New York 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 New York | In Ulster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,388 of 2,335 | #16 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,410 of 2,342 ▼ 185 | #14 of 21 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,381 of 2,343 ▲ 188 | #13 of 21 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 665 | #327 of 2,585 | #3 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #1,396 of 2,338 | #19 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.7% | #1,161 of 2,388 | #10 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.5% | #1,822 of 2,534 | #14 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #905 of 1,757 | #6 of 16 |
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
665
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 870
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 665 | 54 | 12.3:1 | 35% (236) |
| 2023-24 | 621 | 61.4 | 10.1:1 | 38% (239) |
| 2022-23 | 638 | 63.3 | 10.1:1 | 38% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 664 | 63 | 10.5:1 | 33% (222) |
| 2017-18 | 773 | 55.2 | 14.0:1 | 37% (288) |
| 2015-16 | 802 | 56 | 14.3:1 | 39% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 806 | 62 | 13.0:1 | 30% (240) |
| 2000-01 | 838 | 53 | 15.8:1 | 15% (129) |
| 1990-91 | 870 | 45 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a large elementary school found in HIGHLAND, New York. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 665 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students.
Federal data list 3 schools in HIGHLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 1,526 students enrolled.
At HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, White students make up 66% of the student body. It is also 18% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Ulster County is roughly 75% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 52% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 54 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 35% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded C by allk12, scoring above 30% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 61.9%. HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 45.0%, 16.9 points below that line.
County data help place the school in context: in Ulster County, the median household income is $86,271, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. In all, Ulster County has 45 public schools and roughly 20,189 students.
Nearest public school: HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 44.9% on proficiency, and HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is above that at 45.0%.
HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 664 to 665, a small change. Students per teacher rose from 10.5 in 2020-21 to 12.3 in 2024-25.
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Ulster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
182,601
Census ACS
Median income
$86,271
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
45
20,189 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HIGHLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 513 students
- HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 348 students
Other schools in HIGHLAND
- HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 513 students
- HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 348 students
- HIGHLAND RESIDENTIAL CENTERHigh · 84 students
Other Highland Elementary schools
55 other US public schools in 26 states are named Highland Elementary. HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 8th largest of the 56.
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDERBY, NY · 344 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
- HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 348
- LITTLE WATER PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL1.7 mi · 202
- S F B MORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 432
- GOV GEORGE CLINTON SCHOOL2.5 mi · 237
- HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL2.6 mi · 513
- VIOLET AVENUE SCHOOL2.6 mi · 312
Frequently asked questions
About HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 665 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.3:1 (54 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 66% White, 18% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HIGHLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.