Elementary Schools in Highlander

The Highlander Elementary Charter is the sole elementary school located in the Highlander district, serving grades PK-6 with a total enrollment of 271 students. However, the school's performance is consistently well below state averages, ranking 134th out of 166 elementary schools in Rhode Island for the 2024-2025 school year.

Academically, only 16.7% of Highlander Elementary Charter students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 14.2%, and just 8.3% were proficient or better in Math, compared to the state average of 6.8%. The school's science proficiency rate of 25% is higher than the state average of 10.6%, but still lags significantly. The school's district rank is 56 out of 60, and it is rated 0 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger, indicating it is one of the lowest-performing schools in the state.

Despite the school's high per-student spending of $17,144 and a low student-teacher ratio of 11.7 to 1, these investments do not appear to be translating into improved student outcomes. The school serves a predominantly low-income population, with 81.55% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year. Overall, the data suggests that Highlander Elementary Charter is struggling to provide a high-quality education for its students and is in need of significant improvement to better serve the community.