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If you could change one rule at HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
513
High
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HIGHLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361440001192
HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL
320 PANCAKE HOLLOW RD, HIGHLAND, NY 12528 · (845) 691-1020 · Ulster County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL513 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 64% of New York public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
187 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 120 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 125 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 134 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 129 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 1% |
Student demographics
51%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
84.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -7.0pp since 2023
Math
57.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 91.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
69.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% 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 HIGH SCHOOL
HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (69.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL this school | 513 | 36.5% | 69.0% |
| EAST ROCHESTER JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL EAST ROCHESTER | 490 | 36.7% | 49.6% |
| ONEONTA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ONEONTA | 499 | 36.1% | 82.8% |
| FREDONIA HIGH SCHOOL FREDONIA | 461 | 35.6% | 81.3% |
| RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL RAVENA | 514 | 38.1% | 70.0% |
| GENESEO MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL GENESEO | 467 | 35.8% | 60.3% |
Matched among New York high 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 HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Ulster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #371 of 1,135 | #4 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #472 of 1,109 ▲ 201 | #4 of 9 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #345 of 1,135 ▼ 99 | #5 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 513 | #528 of 1,216 | #8 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #964 of 1,058 | #9 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.9% | #470 of 1,070 | #5 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.5% | #911 of 1,167 | #7 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #527 of 743 | #5 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high 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
513
-17 (-3%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 497
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 513 | 35.4 | 14.5:1 | 36% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 36.4 | 14.4:1 | 38% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 512 | 39 | 13.1:1 | 41% (210) |
| 2020-21 | 530 | 40 | 13.3:1 | 39% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 554 | 31 | 17.9:1 | 38% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 562 | 35 | 16.1:1 | 37% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 596 | 35 | 17.0:1 | 25% (150) |
| 2000-01 | 604 | 32 | 18.9:1 | 24% (142) |
| 1990-91 | 497 | 32 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
About HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL
Federal records list HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL as a high school in HIGHLAND, New York. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 513 students on the rolls. High schools in New York average about 668 students, which makes this school 23% below average.
HIGHLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is responsible for 3 schools, HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL included, with 1,526 students in all.
The student body at HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL is 67% White. After that, the student body is 17% Hispanic, 9% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 51%.
HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL has 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.5:1. High schools in New York average 11.0:1, 3.5 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 36% at HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 64% of New York public high schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 61.6% at HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 69.0%.
In the surrounding county, Ulster County, median household income comes to about $86,271, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 45, with about 20,189 students.
HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 2.5 miles from HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's student count fell 3% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 13.3:1 to 14.5:1.
HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 665 students
- HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 348 students
Other schools in HIGHLAND
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 665 students
- HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 348 students
- HIGHLAND RESIDENTIAL CENTERHigh · 84 students
Other Highland High schools
15 other US public schools in 14 states are named Highland High. HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL is the 10th largest of the 16.
- Highland High SchoolGILBERT, AZ · 2,992 students
- Highland HighPalmdale, CA · 2,706 students
- Highland HighBakersfield, CA · 2,530 students
- Highland HighSALT LAKE CITY, UT · 1,973 students
- HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOLPOCATELLO, ID · 1,456 students
Nearby schools
- HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL2.5 mi · 348
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 665
- HIGHLAND RESIDENTIAL CENTER2.9 mi · 84
- NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL3.3 mi · 622
- NEW PALTZ MIDDLE SCHOOL3.7 mi · 381
- DUZINE SCHOOL4.0 mi · 302
Frequently asked questions
About HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOLHow large is HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL?
HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 513 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL serve?
HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL?
At HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 67% White, 17% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL in?
HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL is part of HIGHLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.