Summary
Beattie Middle serves 1,072 students in grades 6–8 in Highland, California. Its 2025–26 results place it among the stronger nearby schools overall, but it remains below both Redlands Unified and California in every tested subject. The most important takeaway is that Beattie is locally competitive, but still has a proficiency gap to close across English language arts (ELA), math, and science.
Compared with the state, Beattie’s strongest subject is ELA: 47% of students met proficiency, 2 points below the state; math was 35%, 4 points below; and science was 29%, 7 points below. Its district gaps were 4 points in ELA, 2 in math, and 4 in science, making math its closest result to the district and science its clearest shortfall. Among the three other Redlands Unified middle schools, Beattie ranked second in all three subjects. Across seven nearby schools serving grades 6–8 with results, it ranked third in ELA and fourth in math and science; Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy was far ahead of the other nearby schools.
Since 2022–23, ELA proficiency has slipped from 49% to 47%, math has edged up from 34% to 35%, and science has ended at 29%, unchanged overall after reaching 37% in 2024–25. Meanwhile, Beattie’s gap with the state widened by 4 points in ELA, 3 in math, and 6 in science. SchoolDigger ranked Beattie at the 56th percentile with 3 stars in 2025–26, down from the 70th percentile in 2021–22. Its student–teacher ratio was 21.2 in 2024–25, and 63% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for how well Beattie serves Homeless Students was especially high, at the 93rd percentile in 2025–26; its ranking for Special Education Students reached the 73rd percentile, up from the 33rd in 2023–24.
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