Highland High School

Located at 17000 Summitview, in Cowiche, Washington, Highland High School is a compact senior high that hosts 366 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Highland School District. Enrollment runs roughly 36% smaller than the state mean of about 573.

Highland School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,060 students. Highland High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Highland High School logs that 81% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 17% White. By comparison, Yakima County as a whole is about 52% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.7:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Yakima County's rate of about 77%.

With demographic context factored in, Highland High School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 35.1%; this one delivers 46.5%, a residual of +11.4 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Yakima County put the typical household earns roughly $70,656 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Highland High School is one of 119 public schools in Yakima County (combined enrollment of about 52,145 students).

Nearest neighbor: Highland Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Highland High School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 45.5%.

Highland High School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 9%: 336 students in 2018 compared to 366 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 74% to 81% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 22.7:1 in 2025.

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