Summary
New Vision Middle is a public school in Highland, California, serving 460 students in grades 6–8. The most important concern is that in 2024–2025 its proficiency rates were below California’s in all three tested subjects, and it ranked second-lowest in each subject among seven nearby middle schools, ahead only of Del Vallejo Middle.
Science is the school’s strongest relative result, while mathematics is its clearest weakness—but both remain far below nearby and state benchmarks. New Vision’s proficiency was 27% in English language arts (ELA), 12% in mathematics and 18% in science, compared with state rates of 49%, 37% and 33%. The seven nearby grades 6–8 schools averaged 51% in ELA, 37% in mathematics and 33% in science, leaving New Vision 24, 26 and 15 percentage points behind, respectively. Its smallest gap was in science and its largest in mathematics. District test results were not provided for New Vision Middle District.
Scores have improved since 2022–2023: ELA rose 8 percentage points, mathematics 4 and science 9, narrowing the gaps with the state, though substantial differences remain. Chronic absenteeism was still high at 43% in 2024–2025, compared with 19% statewide. SchoolDigger ranked the school 2,332nd of 2,761, at the 16th percentile with 1 star—up from the 4th percentile and 0 stars in 2021–2022. Its 29.9 student-teacher ratio was the highest among nearby schools with reported ratios, whose average was about 20. The school reported 91% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. SchoolDigger’s subgroup rankings show a stronger result for African American students: the group ranked at the 33rd percentile, compared with the school’s overall 16th percentile. Special Education Students ranked at the 28th percentile in 2024–2025, down from the 53rd percentile the year before.
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