Summary:
School Town of Highland, Indiana contains a single public high school: Highland High School, serving grades 9–12 to 971 students at 9135 Erie St in Highland. Because it is the only high school in the School Town of Highland district, the most useful comparisons are against district and state averages rather than other local high schools.
Graduation is the clearest strength. Highland High School posted a 94.8% graduation rate in 2024–25, matching the district figure and running 5.1 points above Indiana's 89.7%. Chronic absenteeism of 15.3% is better than the state's 16.7%, although it is higher than the district's 11.7%. SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing was also a bright spot in 2024–25 at 59.45%, 4.95 points above the state's 54.5%, and ILEARN Biology at 44.4% came within 1.2 points of the state's 45.6%.
Recent trends are the main watch items. The school's latest rank is 209 of 415, the 50th percentile, down from the 65th percentile in 2023–24, even though the star rating held at 3 stars. In 2025–26, SAT ERW slipped to 50.4% against the state's 51.9%, and Biology fell to 29.74% versus the district's 30.04% — a drop of 14.66 points from the prior year. SAT Math improved from 21.2% to 23.79%, but the state's 25.6% keeps it below the state line. For context, 37.59% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $11,753, and the student-teacher ratio is 18.3:1.
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