Summary:
There is only one middle school in Highland School District: Highland Community Middle, which serves grades 6–8 and enrolls about 58 students in Highland, Wisconsin. Because it is the district's only middle school, its results are also the district's middle-level results, so the numbers below describe the entire district at this level. The district overall is ranked 339 of 432 in Wisconsin, at the 22nd percentile, with 1 star.
The school's clearest strengths are attendance and resources. Chronic absenteeism is 9.4%, well below Wisconsin's 17.3%, and the dropout rate is 0.0%, compared with the state's 1.1%. In 2025–26, 6th grade English language arts proficiency was 60%, above the state's 54.95% — the only tested subject and grade where the school beat the state that year. The school also has a low student-teacher ratio of 12.5 to 1 and spends $17,104 per student, which are favorable indicators. The prior year, 7th grade ELA was above the state at 57.14%.
Academics are the main concern, and 8th grade is the weakest point. In 2025–26, 8th grade science was 29.41% proficient against the state's 51.86%, math 35.29% against 53.67%, and ELA 35.29% against 54.38%. Math has improved — 8th grade math rose from 13.33% in 2024–25 to 35.29% — but every math grade was still below the state. The school's rank also slipped, from 2 stars and the 34th percentile in 2023–24 to 1 star and the 27th percentile in 2025–26. With only about 15–20 students per grade, percentages swing easily, so year-to-year changes should be read with caution.
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