Summary:
Highland Middle School is the single middle school serving grades 6–8 in School Town of Highland, Indiana, enrolling 774 students at 2941 41st St in Highland.
Because it is the only middle school in the district, all comparisons here are between the school and its district or the state rather than between schools. Highland Middle School ranks 93rd of 486 Indiana middle schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 81st percentile with 4 stars — stronger than School Town of Highland's overall 130th of 374, 65th percentile, 3 stars. The school has climbed steadily: 125 of 491 (75th percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–2024, then 109 of 480 (77th percentile, 4 stars) in 2024–2025, then 93 of 486 in 2025–2026. It has remained in the top quartile each year and now sits in the top 19% of state middle schools. English Language Arts is its clearest strength: all-grades ELA proficiency is 54.64% versus the district's 48.18%, and every listed grade beats the state — 6th grade 49.38 vs 41.3, 7th grade 58.68 vs 41.7, and 8th grade 55.76 vs 44. Science is also solid at 50.62% versus the district's 45.32%, with 6th-grade science 9.42 points above the state's 41.2%.
Math is more uneven. All-grades math is 41.43%, below the district's 46.07%. Sixth-grade math is strong at 52.26%, about 12 points above the state, but 7th-grade math is 34.71% — the only listed grade/subject score below the state's 35.9% — and 8th-grade math is 37.69%. Year over year, ELA improved from 46.57% to 54.64%, while math slipped from 43.93% to 41.43% and science fell from 59.58% to 50.62%; the district saw a similar science decline. Chronic absenteeism is 13.1%, better than the state's 16.7% but above the district's 11.7%. For context, 46.12% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $9,934, and the student-teacher ratio is 20.9.
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