Enrollment
348
Middle
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HIGHLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361440001193
HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
71 MAIN ST, HIGHLAND, NY 12528 · (845) 691-1080 · Ulster County
GRADES 06–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL348 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of New York public middle schools
- B-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
121 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 99 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 122 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 126 | 36% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
49%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
Feeds from
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
35.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -7.0pp since 2023
Math
52.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 50.3% |
% 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
51.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL
HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (51.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 348 | 34.8% | 51.8% |
| SAUGERTIES JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SAUGERTIES | 338 | 39.6% | 60.0% |
| CENTER MORICHES MIDDLE SCHOOL CENTER MORICHES | 297 | 33.0% | 41.1% |
| MORGAN ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL LIVERPOOL | 444 | 35.6% | 61.5% |
| JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL WALLKILL | 409 | 34.0% | 62.3% |
| NEW PALTZ MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW PALTZ | 381 | 26.2% | 65.8% |
Matched among New York middle 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Ulster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #397 of 766 | #7 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #472 of 768 ▼ 12 | #7 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #616 of 768 ▼ 192 | #9 of 10 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 348 | #502 of 796 | #7 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.7:1 | #87 of 683 | #3 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.8% | #365 of 688 | #5 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.8% | #577 of 773 | #8 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.8% | #260 of 524 | #5 of 9 |
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. 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
348
-33 (-9%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 373
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 9.5:1
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 | 348 | 40.1 | 8.7:1 | 35% (121) |
| 2023-24 | 360 | 41.2 | 8.7:1 | 38% (137) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 39 | 9.6:1 | 42% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 381 | 40 | 9.5:1 | 38% (146) |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 31.5 | 12.7:1 | 40% (160) |
| 2015-16 | 412 | 35 | 11.8:1 | 40% (166) |
| 2010-11 | 450 | 31 | 14.5:1 | 32% (145) |
| 2000-01 | 441 | 34 | 13.0:1 | 26% (115) |
| 1990-91 | 373 | 27 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
HIGHLAND, New York, is home to HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, a low-enrollment middle-grades school. The school's 348 students are in grades 6 through 9. Statewide, middle schools in New York average about 531 students each.
HIGHLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT includes 3 schools. Together they enroll 1,526 students.
At 69%, White students outnumber all other groups at HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL combined. Smaller groups are 16% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 49%.
A ratio of 8.7:1 comes from the school's 40.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 35% of students at HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against New York public middle schools, HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 51.8% and a predicted 62.2%.
Ulster County has about 182,601 residents, and median household income is about $86,271, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Ulster County number 45 and enroll about 20,189.
The closest other public school is HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency of 51.8% compares with 43.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The NCES locale for HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL went from 381 students to 348.
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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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 665 students
- HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 513 students
Other schools in HIGHLAND
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 665 students
- HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 513 students
- HIGHLAND RESIDENTIAL CENTERHigh · 84 students
Other Highland Middle schools
17 other US public schools in 13 states are named Highland Middle. HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 15th largest of the 18.
- Highland Middle SchoolAnderson, IN · 916 students
- Highland Middle SchoolMedina, OH · 824 students
- HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLHOBBS, NM · 808 students
- Highland Middle SchoolHighland, IN · 774 students
- Highland MiddleSanford, NC · 762 students
Nearby schools
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 665
- LITTLE WATER PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL1.7 mi · 202
- S F B MORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 432
- HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL2.5 mi · 513
- GOV GEORGE CLINTON SCHOOL2.5 mi · 237
- VIOLET AVENUE SCHOOL2.7 mi · 312
Frequently asked questions
About HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 348 students in grades 06-09.
Is HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-09.
How many students per teacher at HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 8.7:1 students per teacher at HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 69% White, 16% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of HIGHLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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