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Enrollment
452
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABINGTON SD·NCES 420204003229
Highland School
1301 Edge Hill Rd, Abington, PA 19001 · (215) 884-1048 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
157 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Abington SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
67.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.8pp since 2023
Math
60.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.3% | 60.6% |
| 2023-24 | 72.1% | 63.9% |
% 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
68.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 School
Highland School's state test result (68.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland School this school | 452 | 34.7% | 68.8% |
| Royersford Elementary School Royersford | 398 | 40.2% | 64.8% |
| Kerr Elementary School Pittsburgh | 426 | 36.6% | 80.7% |
| Roslyn School Roslyn | 400 | 42.3% | 64.6% |
| East Vincent Elementary School Spring City | 512 | 29.1% | 66.0% |
| Overlook School Abington | 425 | 42.8% | 71.5% |
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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #325 of 1,396 | #45 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #520 of 1,511 ▼ 141 | #66 of 92 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #263 of 1,511 ▲ 16 | #37 of 92 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #679 of 1,638 | #47 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #615 of 1,528 | #50 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.0% | #279 of 1,531 | #37 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.7% | #1,255 of 1,600 | #42 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #568 of 1,045 | #38 of 61 |
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
452
-49 (-10%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 370
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 452 | 36 | 12.6:1 | 35% (157) |
| 2023-24 | 470 | 33.4 | 14.1:1 | 33% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 440 | 31.4 | 14.0:1 | 36% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 28% (141) |
| 2017-18 | 512 | 35.9 | 14.3:1 | 29% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 513 | 35 | 14.7:1 | 25% (126) |
| 2010-11 | 439 | 31 | 14.2:1 | 17% (73) |
| 2000-01 | 477 | 27 | 17.7:1 | 10% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 370 | 22 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highland School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (512 to 452); teachers unchanged (35.9 to 36).
About Highland School
Highland School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Abington, Pennsylvania. It reports enrollment of 452 students in kindergarten through 5.
Highland School sits within Abington SD, which has 9 schools and 8,400 students.
Of every 100 students at Highland School, about 57 are White. The school is also 19% Black, 10% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 73%. The diversity index for Highland School is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.6 students per teacher. That is in line with the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Roughly 35% of students at Highland School can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Highland School outscored 74%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Highland School, the prediction is 62.7% and the result is 68.8%.
For Montgomery County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $113,915 a year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Highland School, Montgomery County has 160 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Abington Middle School is closest at about 0.6 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Highland School. On state test proficiency, Highland School ranks 3rd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 501 students in 2020-21 to 452 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.3:1 to 12.6:1.
Highland School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
867,573
Census ACS
Median income
$113,915
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
115,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Abington SD
- Abington SHSHigh · 2,692 students
- Abington Middle SchoolMiddle · 2,044 students
- Copper Beech SchoolElementary · 860 students
- McKinley SchoolElementary · 596 students
- Rydal Elementary SchoolElementary · 569 students
- Overlook SchoolElementary · 425 students
Other schools in Abington
- Abington SHSHigh · 2,692 students
- Abington Middle SchoolMiddle · 2,044 students
- Overlook SchoolElementary · 425 students
Other Highland schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Highland. Highland School is the 3rd largest of the 8.
- Highland SchoolCheshire, CT · 899 students
- Highland SchoolHIGHLAND, UT · 585 students
- HighlandWestfield, MA · 305 students
- Highland SchoolWallingford, CT · 292 students
- Highland SchoolBillings, MT · 249 students
Nearby schools
- Abington Middle School0.6 mi · 2,044
- Overlook School0.8 mi · 425
- Abington SHS0.9 mi · 2,692
- Roslyn School0.9 mi · 400
- Copper Beech School1.0 mi · 860
- Willow Hill School1.3 mi · 362
Frequently asked questions
About Highland SchoolHow large is Highland School?
Highland School enrolls approximately 452 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Highland School serve?
Highland School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Highland School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Highland School.
What is the student diversity at Highland School?
Student demographics at Highland School are roughly 57% White, 10% Hispanic, 19% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Highland School in?
Highland School is part of Abington SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.