Best High Schools in Zip Code 46322

ZIP code 46322 contains one high school, Highland High School, which serves grades 9–12 in Highland, Indiana, and enrolls 971 students as part of the School Town of Highland. Because it is the only high school in this ZIP code, there are no local school-to-school comparisons to make; parents can instead compare it with district and state averages.

Highland High School’s strongest result is its 94.8% graduation rate, which is 5.1 percentage points above Indiana’s 89.7% rate. Chronic absenteeism is 15.3%, better than the state rate of 16.7%, though higher than the district rate of 11.7%. In 2024–2025, SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing was a bright spot at 59.45%, above the state’s 54.5%. But in 2025–2026 it fell to 50.4%, slightly below the state’s 51.9%. SAT Math remains below the state in both years: 21.2% vs. 25.4% in 2024–2025 and 23.79% vs. 25.6% in 2025–2026. Biology proficiency dropped from 44.4% to 29.74%, a steep 14.66 percentage-point decline. The school still earned 3 stars in all three rank-history years, but its statewide rank moved from 65th percentile in 2023–2024 and 64th in 2024–2025 to 50th percentile in 2025–2026 (209 of 415).

For context, 37.59% of students were eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025, per-student spending was $11,753 in 2023–2024, and the student-teacher ratio was 18.3 in 2024–2025. The district itself is ranked 130 of 374, at the 65th percentile with 3 stars. Overall, parents should see Highland High School as a school with solid graduation and attendance outcomes compared with the state, but with recent declines in Biology and Reading/Writing and persistent Math weakness. The main areas to watch are SAT Math, Biology proficiency, and chronic absenteeism relative to the district.