Highland Hills Elementary School

Highland Hills Elementary School operates as a mid-sized K-5 school in Hermiston, Oregon, overseen by Hermiston SD 8. Current enrollment sits at 308 students spanning grades K through 5.

Highland Hills Elementary School is one of 9 schools operated by Hermiston SD 8, a district that educates 5,320 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Highland Hills Elementary School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 42% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Native American. By comparison, Umatilla County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Highland Hills Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.7%.

In the surrounding community, Umatilla County reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,728 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Umatilla County runs 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,143 students), of which Highland Hills Elementary School is one.

Sandstone Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Highland Hills Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Highland Hills Elementary School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 33.0%.

Highland Hills Elementary School operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Highland Hills Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 33% since 2018, when it stood at 462 (now 308). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 63% to 42%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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