HIGHLAND RESIDENTIAL CENTER

HIGHLAND RESIDENTIAL CENTER is a micro-enrollment high school in HIGHLAND, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES (OCFS). The school caters to 84 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 87% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES (OCFS) comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 409 students; HIGHLAND RESIDENTIAL CENTER is among them.

On the student-mix side, HIGHLAND RESIDENTIAL CENTER logs that the most-represented group is Black (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 26% Hispanic, 17% White. The wider county runs roughly 6% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In the broader community, Ulster County reports that the typical household earns roughly $86,271 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Ulster County's 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,189 students), HIGHLAND RESIDENTIAL CENTER is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 2.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. HIGHLAND RESIDENTIAL CENTER's enrollment has grew 200% since 2018, when it stood at 28 (now 84). White enrollment moved from 36% to 17% across the same window.

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