Highland High School in Gilbert AZ

Performance Trends

This graph shows how well Highland High School is performing compared to other high schools in Arizona. 100% is the best performing school in the state, 0% is the worst.

Compare Details In 2019, Highland High School ranked better than 74.2% of high schools in Arizona. It also ranked 2^nd among 6 ranked high schools in the Gilbert Unified District (4239). (See more...)

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Compare Details In 2019 the calculated Average Standard Score was 61.66. (See more...)

Student Body

This graph shows the number of students enrolled at Highland High School. Click "Details" for more information.

Compare Details Highland High School has the largest high school student body size in the Gilbert Unified District (4239). Racial makeup is: White (74.4%), Hispanic (14.9%), Asian (5%). (See more...)

This graph shows the percentage of students at Highland High School who receive a free or discounted lunch under the National School Lunch Program.

Compare Details 14% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

This graph shows the student/teacher ratio for Highland High School. Note that this is total number of students divided by total number of full-time teachers, and may not reflect actual class size.

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Highland High School is 24.2. 5 high schools in the Gilbert Unified District (4239) have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

This graph shows the number of full-time teachers at Highland High School.

Compare Highland High School employs 123.3 full-time teachers.

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Schooldigger 2019 Rankings:

Highland High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Highland High School 74^th of 287 Arizona public high schools. (See Highland High School in the ranking list.)

Gilbert Unified District (4239):

SchoolDigger ranks Gilbert Unified District (4239) 119^th of 346 Arizona school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Highland High School

This graph shows how well Highland High School is performing relative to other high schools in Arizona. 100% is the best performing school in the state, 0% is the worst.

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Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	AZ State Percentile
2009	89.79	35^th	395	91.1%
2010	89.49	40^th	403	90.1%
2011	91.79	31^st	397	92.2%
2012	89.64	38^th	471	91.9%
2013	85.61	52^nd	491	89.4%
2014	87.58	40^th	394	89.8%
2015	71.70	44^th	261	83.1%
2016	84.22	42^nd	406	89.7%
2017	78.55	50^th	416	88.0%
2018	66.48	94^th	420	77.6%
2019	61.66	74^th	287	74.2%

Data source: test scores: Arizona Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Data source: Arizona Department of Education Accountability Division

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All ratings (Avg rating: 4.5)

50%

by a parent
Sunday, March 18, 2012

Great parent involvement, supportive administration and focused faculty and departments. I currently have two children attending Highland and one that graduated two years ago. We have experienced much of what Highland has to offer from sports to music to clubs as well as their focus on academic success. The school is focused on leading the district and being a pioneer in technology. This is a large school and the school population represents the school boundaries with a good mix of different sized homes in different subdivisions. The school has very active boosters supporting over 16 clubs/sports/organizations and it creates an environment where students have opportunities to participate and succeed. I highly recommend Highland High School! Close Quote

by a student
Monday, April 13, 2009

the principal is very mean to students and he spend a lot of the funding we need on a new office! Close Quote

Enrollment information for Highland High School

This chart displays, by year, the number of students enrolled at Highland High School, broken down by ethnicity.

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1994	1529	23	20	103	3	n/a	n/a	0	1678
1995	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
1996	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
1997	2598	39	53	202	11	n/a	n/a	0	2903
1998	2743	48	64	194	10	n/a	n/a	0	3059
1999	2430	57	61	176	11	n/a	n/a	0	2735
2000	2380	63	63	178	6	n/a	n/a	0	2690
2001	2365	59	58	172	6	n/a	n/a	0	2660
2002	2089	43	71	174	14	n/a	n/a	0	2391
2003	2089	43	71	174	14	n/a	n/a	0	2391
2004	2044	39	79	172	13	n/a	n/a	0	2347
2005	2120	55	89	205	14	n/a	n/a	0	2483
2006	2240	55	111	241	15	n/a	n/a	0	2662
2007	2348	78	108	291	21	n/a	n/a	0	2846
2008	2374	92	132	300	23	n/a	n/a	0	2921
2009	2410	102	150	323	21	n/a	n/a	0	3006
2010	2402	97	153	301	23	n/a	n/a	0	2976
2011	2344	96	162	330	25	3	4	0	2964
2012	2304	94	150	336	22	2	18	0	2926
2013	2333	90	155	351	26	11	21	0	2987
2014	2317	93	162	380	22	11	25	0	3010
2015	2348	88	157	405	20	12	35	0	3065
2016	2369	80	160	430	22	11	36	0	3108
2017	2196	88	146	432	19	11	53	0	2945
2018	2221	88	148	446	17	15	50	0	2985

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Highland High School

This chart displays, by year, the number of students eligible for a discounted or free lunch at Highland High School.

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1994	1678	79.4	21.1	n/a
1995	n/a	125.9	0.0	n/a
1996	n/a	125.9	0.0	n/a
1997	2903	145.1	20.0	n/a
1998	3059	166.1	18.4	n/a
1999	2735	147.9	18.5	n/a
2000	2690	158.0	17.0	n/a
2001	2660	148.7	17.9	n/a
2002	2391	135.1	17.7	n/a
2003	2391	135.1	17.7	n/a
2004	2347	128.9	18.2	0.0
2005	2483	137.1	18.1	1.0
2006	2662	145.3	18.3	7.4
2007	2846	151.4	18.8	8.5
2008	2921	152.1	19.2	9.1
2009	3006	156.5	19.2	12.6
2010	2976	141.0	21.1	13.6
2011	2964	138.5	21.3	16.0
2012	2926	131.0	22.3	9.8
2013	2987	136.4	21.8	1.2
2014	3010	141.3	21.2	0.9
2015	3065	124.0	24.7	0.4
2016	3108	135.0	23.0	0.5
2017	2945	122.3	24.0	17.3
2018	2985	123.3	24.2	14.0

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch

For information about the National School Lunch Program, see the USDA Website

Student/Teacher Ratio Highland High School

This chart displays, by year, the student/teacher ratio at Highland High School, as reported by the U.S. Department of Education

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1994	1678	79.4	21.1	n/a
1995	n/a	125.9	0.0	n/a
1996	n/a	125.9	0.0	n/a
1997	2903	145.1	20.0	n/a
1998	3059	166.1	18.4	n/a
1999	2735	147.9	18.5	n/a
2000	2690	158.0	17.0	n/a
2001	2660	148.7	17.9	n/a
2002	2391	135.1	17.7	n/a
2003	2391	135.1	17.7	n/a
2004	2347	128.9	18.2	0.0
2005	2483	137.1	18.1	1.0
2006	2662	145.3	18.3	7.4
2007	2846	151.4	18.8	8.5
2008	2921	152.1	19.2	9.1
2009	3006	156.5	19.2	12.6
2010	2976	141.0	21.1	13.6
2011	2964	138.5	21.3	16.0
2012	2926	131.0	22.3	9.8
2013	2987	136.4	21.8	1.2
2014	3010	141.3	21.2	0.9
2015	3065	124.0	24.7	0.4
2016	3108	135.0	23.0	0.5
2017	2945	122.3	24.0	17.3
2018	2985	123.3	24.2	14.0

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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