Summary:
The Highland Park Boro School District has one middle school, Highland Park Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 349 students. Its results offer a single-school picture of the area, rather than a choice among local middle schools. The most important concern for families is Mathematics: in 2025–2026, proficiency averaged 19% across grades 6–8, compared with 34% statewide.
Highland Park Middle School stands out most positively in ELA: its three-grade average was 61%, 8 points above the state average, and it exceeded the state in every grade by 6 to 10 points. Grade 8 Geometry was also strong at 89%, 3 points above the state, while the Algebra I end-of-course result was 69%, 29 points above the state. By contrast, grade-level Mathematics results were much weaker in grades 7 and 8: grade 7 was 14% versus 38% statewide, and grade 8 was 2% versus 23%. Grade 6 Mathematics was closer to the state, at 39% versus 40%.
Results have improved in ELA but remain a concern in Mathematics. The ELA average rose from 54% in 2024–2025 to 61% in 2025–2026, moving from 3 points below the state to 8 points above; Mathematics slipped from 19.3% to 18.5%. SchoolDigger’s ranking improved from 477th of 743 schools, in the 36th percentile with 2 stars, in 2023–2024 to 334th of 743, in the 55th percentile with 3 stars, in 2025–2026. For context, the school had a 10.4:1 student–teacher ratio and 46% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; chronic absenteeism was 24%, compared with 21% districtwide and 14% statewide. These figures describe the school but do not establish what explains its test results.
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