Middle Schools in Highlands School District

The Highlands School District in Pennsylvania has only one middle school, Highlands Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school's performance is generally below the state average, ranking 443 out of 873 Pennsylvania middle schools for the 2024-2025 school year with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Highlands Middle School struggles academically, with proficiency rates in math, English language arts, and science all falling short of the state averages. The school's math proficiency rates range from 27% to 36.1%, compared to the state average of 30.5% to 44%. In ELA, the school's proficiency rates range from 33.8% to 47.7%, below the state average of 44.7% to 49.3%. Additionally, the school's 8th-grade science proficiency rate of 45.1% is lower than the state average of 54.5%. Despite these challenges, the school spends a relatively high $17,044 per student, raising questions about the efficiency of its resource allocation.

Another notable factor is that 100% of Highlands Middle School students receive free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of poverty in the school's population. This economic challenge may contribute to the school's academic struggles. Furthermore, the school's statewide ranking has been declining over the past three school years, from 509 out of 891 Pennsylvania middle schools in 2023-2024 to 443 out of 873 in 2024-2025, suggesting that the school is not keeping pace with improvements in other middle schools across the state.