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If you could change one rule at Highland El Sch, what would it be?
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Enrollment
375
Elementary
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST SHORE SD·NCES 422583001736
Highland Elementary School
1325 Carlisle Rd, Camp Hill, PA 17011 · (717) 901-9860 · Cumberland County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL375 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest 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 Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
157 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 9% smaller than its 4th grade class (79).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
56.8%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
63.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.8% | 63.2% |
| 2023-24 | 55.1% | 57.7% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. 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
60.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania'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 Elementary School
Highland Elementary School's state test result (60.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Elementary School this school | 375 | 41.9% | 60.9% |
| Schaeffer School Lancaster | 318 | 42.5% | 71.6% |
| Eshleman Elementary School Millersville | 337 | 46.6% | 73.1% |
| Roslyn School Roslyn | 400 | 42.3% | 64.6% |
| Alburtis Elementary School Alburtis | 360 | 36.7% | 71.4% |
| West Broad Street Elementary School Souderton | 378 | 45.5% | 67.4% |
Matched among Pennsylvania 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #568 of 1,396 | #14 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #446 of 1,511 ▲ 97 | #11 of 34 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #527 of 1,511 ▲ 247 | #15 of 34 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 375 | #978 of 1,638 | #21 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #1,329 of 1,528 | #31 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #302 of 1,531 | #9 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.9% | #1,131 of 1,600 | #22 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.9% | #262 of 1,045 | #5 of 21 |
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
375
-68 (-15%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 388
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 375 | 24.3 | 15.5:1 | 42% (157) |
| 2023-24 | 423 | 30.9 | 13.7:1 | 37% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 32.5 | 14.2:1 | 44% (203) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | 32 | 13.8:1 | 38% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 474 | 30.4 | 15.6:1 | 29% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 488 | 27 | 18.1:1 | 30% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 482 | 28 | 17.2:1 | 28% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 462 | 25 | 18.5:1 | 9% (40) |
| 1990-91 | 388 | 20 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (474 to 375); teachers down 20% (30.4 to 24.3).
About Highland Elementary School
Highland Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in West Shore SD, located in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. School enrollment was 375 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 4.
Across its 15 schools, West Shore SD enrolls 7,705 students. Highland Elementary School is one of those schools.
Roughly 58% of students at Highland Elementary School are White. The rest of enrollment is 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 9% Black, and 6% Asian. Among all residents of Cumberland County, the White share is about 82%. Highland Elementary School's diversity index is 61%, against a US figure of 70%.
Highland Elementary School employs 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.5:1. That is 2.4 students per teacher above the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 42%. That tracks the 41% average for public schools in Cumberland County.
Highland Elementary School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 53% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Highland Elementary School is 1.2 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 60.9% actual, 59.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
Federal survey data for Cumberland County show that the median household income is $87,494, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Cumberland County is home to 57 public schools and about 33,044 public school students.
The nearest public school is Cedar Cliff High School, at about 0.1 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Highland Elementary School ranks 4th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Highland Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The school enrolled 375 students in 2024-25, 68 fewer than the 443 it had in 2020-21. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.5:1) than in 2020-21 (13.8:1).
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
268,323
Census ACS
Median income
$87,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
33,044 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Shore SD
- Cedar Cliff High SchoolHigh · 1,333 students
- Red Land SHSHigh · 1,061 students
- Fairview Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 654 students
- Crossroads Middle SchoolMiddle · 541 students
- Old Trail Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 519 students
- Red Mill Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
Other schools in Camp Hill
- Cedar Cliff High SchoolHigh · 1,333 students
- West Creek Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 587 students
- Camp Hill SHSHigh · 400 students
- Camp Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 299 students
- Allen Middle SchoolMiddle · 272 students
- Eisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · 260 students
Other Highland Elementary schools
55 other US public schools in 26 states are named Highland Elementary. Highland Elementary School is the 34th largest of the 56.
- Highland Elementary SchoolEphrata, PA · 438 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolAmbridge, PA · 284 students
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAKE WORTH, FL · 976 students
- Highland ElementarySanford, NC · 854 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolMarengo, OH · 836 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar Cliff High School0.1 mi · 1,333
- Washington Heights Elementary School1.2 mi · 324
- Hillside Elementary School1.3 mi · 408
- New Cumberland Middle School1.3 mi · 389
- Hoover Elementary School1.5 mi · 254
- Camp Hill SHS1.6 mi · 400
Frequently asked questions
About Highland Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Highland Elementary School?
Highland Elementary School enrolls approximately 375 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Highland Elementary School serve?
Highland Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Highland Elementary School have?
Highland Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Highland Elementary School?
Student demographics at Highland Elementary School are roughly 58% White, 18% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Highland Elementary School in?
Highland Elementary School is part of West Shore SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.