Highland Elementary School
3156 Tabor Rd
Gadsden AL, 35904, Etowah County
Phone: 256-546-7409
Ranking: 
(680 out of 1,064, bottom 36%)*
(680 out of 1,064, bottom 36%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6
School District: Etowah County School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 15 | 26 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 19 | 21 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 169 | 237 | 243 | 244 | 258 | 271 | 262 | |||||||
| Kindergarten: | 24 | 14.2% | 33 | 13.9% | 27 | 11.1% | 29 | 11.9% | 33 | 12.8% | 23 | 8.5% | 32 | 12.2% |
| Grade 1: | 36 | 21.3% | 32 | 13.5% | 25 | 10.3% | 31 | 12.7% | 25 | 9.7% | 29 | 10.7% | 33 | 12.6% |
| Grade 2: | 28 | 16.6% | 23 | 9.7% | 29 | 11.9% | 30 | 12.3% | 29 | 11.2% | 37 | 13.7% | 29 | 11.1% |
| Grade 3: | 16 | 9.5% | 27 | 11.4% | 32 | 13.2% | 26 | 10.7% | 31 | 12.0% | 33 | 12.2% | 42 | 16.0% |
| Grade 4: | 27 | 16.0% | 26 | 11.0% | 26 | 10.7% | 33 | 13.5% | 33 | 12.8% | 42 | 15.5% | 34 | 13.0% |
| Grade 5: | 19 | 11.2% | 29 | 12.2% | 34 | 14.0% | 28 | 11.5% | 39 | 15.1% | 36 | 13.3% | 31 | 11.8% |
| Grade 6: | 19 | 11.2% | 27 | 11.4% | 26 | 10.7% | 35 | 14.3% | 29 | 11.2% | 27 | 10.0% | 34 | 13.0% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 92 | 54.4% | 128 | 54.0% | 128 | 52.7% | 126 | 51.6% | 126 | 48.8% | 139 | 51.3% | 133 | 50.8% |
| Female: | 77 | 45.6% | 109 | 46.0% | 115 | 47.3% | 118 | 48.4% | 124 | 48.1% | 124 | 45.8% | 125 | 47.7% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.7% | 1 | 0.4% |
| Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | 2 | 1.2% | 3 | 1.3% | 3 | 1.2% | 7 | 2.9% | 2 | 0.8% | 5 | 1.8% | 5 | 1.9% |
| Black: | 1 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.8% | 1 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% |
| White: | 160 | 94.7% | 230 | 97.0% | 236 | 97.1% | 234 | 95.9% | 255 | 98.8% | 263 | 97.0% | 256 | 97.7% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 5 | 3.0% | 2 | 0.8% | 1 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 105 | 62.1% | 152 | 64.1% | 164 | 67.5% | 138 | 56.6% | 151 | 58.5% | 144 | 53.1% | 115 | 43.9% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 24 | 14.2% | 32 | 13.5% | 31 | 12.8% | 35 | 14.3% | 34 | 13.2% | 33 | 12.2% | 41 | 15.6% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 10.94 | 9.28 | 11.25 | 10.43 | 10.81 | 14.50 | 12.70 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 36.6% | 56.3% | 50.6% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 40% | 48.4% | 42.2% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 47% | 49% | 45% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.85% | 47.8% | 37.08% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.11% | 47.33% | 37.25% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.3% | 66.3% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 66.5% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.5% | 67.1% | 64% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.07% | 63.56% | 62.46% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.12% | 71% | 64.88% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 36.6% | 51.2% | 48.9% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.1% | 45.7% | 44.4% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.8% | 53.3% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.67% | 54.25% | 43.41% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.17% | 48.37% | 43.74% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 23.3% | 50.8% | 47% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 28.5% | 47.8% | 42.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 47% | 52.7% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.45% | 43.7% | 39.83% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 35.29% | 45.63% | 40.59% |
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.3% | 45.6% | 42% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 43.4% | 37.8% | 41% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 25% | 48.7% | 45.4% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.67% | 48.97% | 46.94% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 23.08% | 55.28% | 56.16% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.1% | 54% | 55.7% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 64.5% | 63% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 25% | 57.9% | 60% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.67% | 64.93% | 65.27% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 42.31% | 69.43% | 65.55% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 59.1% | 51.7% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.2% | 52.4% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 25% | 60.4% | 55.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 60% | 59.75% | 56.69% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 23.08% | 58.05% | 62.72% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 47.9% | 51.1% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.1% | 49.7% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 35% | 55.8% | 51.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.33% | 60.06% | 58.32% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.15% | 57.63% | 60.06% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63.6% | 79% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 82.6% | 77.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.42% | 86.53% | 77.41% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65% | 87.3% | 77.69% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.82% | 85.67% | 79.37% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 48.27% | 83.17% | 80.13% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.42% | 85.31% | 83.7% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.78% | 88.62% | 85.23% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.8% | 86.3% | 81% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 89.3% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.24% | 91.37% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.5% | 91.38% | 85.35% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.85% | 90.47% | 85.83% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.96% | 90.42% | 86.59% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.72% | 88.93% | 86.82% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.87% | 92.98% | 88.18% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.1% | 83.7% | 71.9% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.5% | 86.8% | 74% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.9% | 88.7% | 77.9% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 100% | 87.55% | 78.31% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.42% | 85.98% | 78.93% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.53% | 86.45% | 79.12% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.43% | 86.91% | 81.26% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.79% | 87.54% | 82.42% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 51.72% | 89.91% | 85.24% |
| 2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 86.4% | 76.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 89.3% | 83.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 91.4% | 84.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.55% | 91.28% | 85.01% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.43% | 91.84% | 86.09% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.37% | 91.75% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 92.78% | 86.69% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.91% | 91.83% | 87.93% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.65% | 92.34% | 88.16% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 78.2% | 71.8% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 83.6% | 76.5% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.57% | 85.53% | 77.26% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.55% | 86.14% | 77.97% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.73% | 84.98% | 79.94% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.5% | 87.98% | 82.61% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.54% | 92.23% | 88.95% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.14% | 95.26% | 91.32% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 86.3% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 84.3% | 80.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.58% | 91.39% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 100% | 89.71% | 84.37% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.85% | 88.99% | 84.65% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 85% | 91.08% | 85.64% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.77% | 93.14% | 88.59% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 80% | 90.38% | 88.88% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 63.6% | 65.6% | 56% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 51.6% | 76.1% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 56.6% | 80.6% | 74.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.66% | 79.53% | 73.46% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 37.51% | 75.26% | 71.9% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 67.85% | 80.73% | 74.92% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 60.6% | 82.9% | 76.94% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.89% | 83.38% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 73.08% | 82.2% | 77.16% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 87.5% | 82.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 77.4% | 84.8% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 84.8% | 83% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.33% | 88.72% | 84.87% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.13% | 89.72% | 86.61% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.57% | 89.25% | 86.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.81% | 91.16% | 86.13% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.42% | 90.94% | 88.19% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.46% | 92.52% | 88.35% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.8% | 59.8% | 56.9% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 27.2% | 60% | 59.1% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 33.33% | 56.66% | 59.82% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 64.48% | 61.26% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 44% | 67.08% | 65.79% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 37.5% | 74.92% | 68.76% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 72.73% | 74.89% | 70.36% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.67% | 70.21% | 72.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 79.8% | 75.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.5% | 77.2% | 74.3% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.33% | 81.22% | 77% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 85.37% | 79.13% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 72% | 86.2% | 81.28% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 100% | 90.09% | 83.02% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 100% | 88.8% | 84.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 75% | 87.8% | 86.25% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 50% | 69.5% | 63% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.8% | 70.9% | 67.6% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 50% | 67.32% | 66.3% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 33.33% | 66.06% | 68.13% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.7% | 76.1% | 73.77% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 47.37% | 82.37% | 78.62% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.67% | 80.52% | 77.01% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.21% | 81.6% | 78.62% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 75% | 66.5% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 70% | 73.2% | 69.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 78.2% | 78% | 71.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.18% | 76.29% | 71.94% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.67% | 77.8% | 73.87% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 82.35% | 79.53% | 74.89% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.16% | 78.58% | 73.51% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 100% | 83.35% | 76.95% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.47% | 84.02% | 79.33% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.78% | 81.6% | 69.84% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.67% | 78.53% | 73.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.5% | 86.4% | 77.35% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.66% | 89.11% | 78.77% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.71% | 88.22% | 80.09% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 75% | 68.04% | 60.51% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 50% | 72.84% | 70.34% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 93.75% | 74.22% | 68.79% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.91% | 75.42% | 68.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 75% | 77.9% | 75.67% |
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* Highland Elementary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.