Elementary Schools in Highland School District

Summary:

The Highland School District in Wisconsin has only one elementary school, Highland Community Elementary, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade. The school's performance has been a concern, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger and a ranking of 756 out of 1,044 Wisconsin elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year.

Highland Community Elementary's academic performance on the Forward Exam has generally been lower than the state averages, with the exception of 3rd-grade English Language Arts and Mathematics. The school also faces challenges with a high chronic absenteeism rate of 17.7% in the 2023-2024 school year. Socioeconomic factors may be contributing to the school's struggles, as it has a relatively high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 41.23% in the 2023-2024 school year.

The Highland School District as a whole is also ranked low, at 334 out of 426 districts in Wisconsin, and is rated 1 star out of 5 by SchoolDigger. This suggests that the challenges faced by Highland Community Elementary may be reflective of broader district-level issues that need to be addressed to improve student outcomes across the district.

District Detail

1030 Cardinal Dr
Highland, WI 53543

(608) 929-4525

SchoolDigger Rank:
334^th of 426 Wisconsin districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 276

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Forward Exam English Language Arts (2025)			Forward Exam Mathematics (2025)			Forward Exam Social Studies (2025)	Forward Exam Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Forward Exam English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 4th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 5th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 3rd Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 4th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 5th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 4th Grade	Forward Exam Science 4th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Highland Community Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1030 Cardinal Dr	Highland	53543	Iowa County	Highland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 929-4525	124	11	11.1	41.1%	106 (85.5%)	1 (0.8%)	12 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.0%)	36.3	756^th of 1044 public elementary schools	27.6%		42	706^th of 1061 public elementary schools	33.5%	50	58.3	50.0	30.8	66.7	33.3	23.1	61.1	27.8	$13,690	$707	$12,982

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Iowa-Grant School District	8.48 mi	2	209^th
River Ridge School District	9.04 mi	3	127^th
Riverdale School District	10.13 mi	4	274^th
Dodgeville School District	13.05 mi	3	183^rd
Fennimore Community School District	14.52 mi	3	59^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

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