Summary
Highland Elementary is a K–6 school in Clarkston, Washington, serving approximately 290 students in the Clarkston School District. The school serves an area with relatively high economic need: 67.93% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025. Highland ranked in the 32nd percentile statewide, or 776th out of 1,138 schools, in the latest results. That is still below the state midpoint, but it represents a substantial recovery from the 11th percentile in 2022–2023.
Recent academic progress is most evident in mathematics. In 2025–2026, 35.34% of students were proficient in math, slightly above the district rate of 33.83%, although below Washington’s 43.11%. English language arts proficiency was 38.46%, and science proficiency was 36.36%, both below district and state results. Performance varies considerably by grade. Sixth grade was a clear bright spot, with 55.56% proficiency in ELA and 46.15% in math—above both district and state rates. In contrast, third-grade ELA and math were each below 32%, while fifth-grade ELA was 29.55% and math was 27.27%. These grade-level differences suggest that targeted support in third and fifth grades may be more useful than treating all grades as equally weak.
Among nearby schools, Highland occupies a middle position. It outperformed Grantham Elementary in ELA, math, and science, but trailed both Heights Elementary and Parkway Elementary. Heights ranked in the 59th percentile, compared with Highland’s 32nd, making it a useful same-district comparison. Asotin Elementary had much stronger results, but it serves a different district and student population. Highland’s 15.4-to-1 student-teacher ratio was the lowest among the Clarkston schools shown, while spending of $17,840 per student was moderate. The most promising areas to examine are the practices behind sixth-grade success, continued math improvement, and stronger instruction in ELA, science, and the lower-performing grades.
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