Enrollment
308
Elementary
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HERMISTON SD 8·NCES 410630001293
Highland Hills Elementary School
450 SE 10th St, Hermiston, OR 97838 · (541) 667-6500 · Umatilla County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL308 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Oregon public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 Oregon public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
281 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 76%
Community
0
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 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 59% · 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
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OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
51.1%
OR avg 43.0% . +4.4pp since 2023
Math
44.9%
OR avg 31.8% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.1% | 44.9% |
| 2023-24 | 46.7% | 40.6% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. 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
41.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.2%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for Oregon 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 Oregon'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 Hills Elementary School
Highland Hills Elementary School's state test result (41.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Hills Elementary School this school | 308 | 91.2% | 41.7% |
| North Marion Primary School Aurora | 285 | 91.9% | N/A |
| Desert View Elementary School Hermiston | 351 | 91.7% | 48.8% |
| North Marion Intermediate School Aurora | 345 | 86.7% | 25.6% |
| Howard Elementary School Medford | 275 | 88.0% | 18.4% |
| Loma Vista Elementary Hermiston | 397 | 92.7% | 32.8% |
Matched among Oregon 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 Hills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Umatilla County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #203 of 591 | #3 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #174 of 646 ▲ 51 | #3 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #199 of 646 ▲ 41 | #2 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 308 | #391 of 710 | #10 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #64 of 587 | #3 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #248 of 587 | #4 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.2% | #135 of 645 | #8 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.3% | #55 of 493 | #3 of 11 |
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
308
-120 (-28%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 522
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 308 | 22 | 14.0:1 | 91% (281) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 22.7 | 13.9:1 | 67% (213) |
| 2022-23 | 327 | 23 | 14.2:1 | 67% (220) |
| 2020-21 | 428 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 38% (162) |
| 2017-18 | 462 | 24.5 | 18.9:1 | 56% (260) |
| 2015-16 | 438 | 25 | 17.5:1 | 57% (250) |
| 2010-11 | 523 | 24 | 21.8:1 | 48% (249) |
| 2000-01 | 518 | 27 | 19.2:1 | 38% (198) |
| 1990-91 | 522 | 23 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highland Hills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (462 to 308); teachers down 10% (24.5 to 22).
About Highland Hills Elementary School
The public elementary school Highland Hills Elementary School is located in Hermiston, Oregon. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 308 students in kindergarten through 5.
Hermiston SD 8 oversees Highland Hills Elementary School and 8 other schools, with 5,320 students in total.
A majority of students at Highland Hills Elementary School, 53%, are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 42% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Native American. Among all residents of Umatilla County, the Hispanic share is about 30%. The chance that two students picked at random at Highland Hills Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.
The teaching staff at Highland Hills Elementary School is 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.0:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Oregon is 16.5:1, higher than at this school. About 91% of students, or 281, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Umatilla County, the average is about the same, 89%.
Highland Hills Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 73% of Oregon public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 27.2% for a school in Oregon with Highland Hills Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Highland Hills Elementary School posts 41.7%.
In Umatilla County (population about 79,940), median household income is about $67,728, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 35 public schools operate in Umatilla County, serving about 13,143 students.
The next-closest public school is Sandstone Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Highland Hills Elementary School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Highland Hills Elementary School is 2nd of 9 on proficiency.
Highland Hills Elementary School is coded as Town: Distant in federal locale data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Highland Hills Elementary School went from 428 students to 308. The ratio was 16.5:1 in 2020-21 and 14.0:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Highland Hills Elementary School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Umatilla County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
79,940
Census ACS
Median income
$67,728
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
13,143 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hermiston SD 8
- Hermiston High SchoolHigh · 1,705 students
- Armand Larive Middle SchoolMiddle · 722 students
- Sandstone Middle SchoolMiddle · 609 students
- Rocky Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 442 students
- West Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- Loma Vista ElementaryElementary · 397 students
Other schools in Hermiston
- Hermiston High SchoolHigh · 1,705 students
- Armand Larive Middle SchoolMiddle · 722 students
- Sandstone Middle SchoolMiddle · 609 students
- Rocky Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 442 students
- West Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- Loma Vista ElementaryElementary · 397 students
Other Highland Hills Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Highland Hills Elementary. Highland Hills Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Highland Hills Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 715 students
Nearby schools
- Sandstone Middle School0.5 mi · 609
- Sunset Elementary School1.0 mi · 378
- Hermiston High School1.1 mi · 1,705
- West Park Elementary School1.4 mi · 408
- Rocky Heights Elementary School1.5 mi · 442
- Loma Vista Elementary1.6 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About Highland Hills Elementary SchoolHow large is Highland Hills Elementary School?
Highland Hills Elementary School enrolls approximately 308 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Highland Hills Elementary School serve?
Highland Hills Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Highland Hills Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Highland Hills Elementary School is approximately 14.0:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Highland Hills Elementary School?
At Highland Hills Elementary School, the student body is approximately 42% White, 53% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Highland Hills Elementary School public or private?
Highland Hills Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hermiston SD 8.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.