Highland School
1301 Edge Hill Rd Abington PA, 19001, Montgomery County Phone: 215-884-1048 Ranking:  (388 out of 2,311, top 17%)*Type: Regular Primary School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6 School District: Abington School District Title I Eligible School: No 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: | 33 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 26 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 490 | 468 | 451 | 439 | 402 | 402 | 386 | |||||||
| Kindergarten: | 68 | 13.9% | 78 | 16.7% | 67 | 14.9% | 69 | 15.7% | 53 | 13.2% | 63 | 15.7% | 52 | 13.5% |
| Grade 1: | 83 | 16.9% | 68 | 14.5% | 73 | 16.2% | 61 | 13.9% | 72 | 17.9% | 51 | 12.7% | 56 | 14.5% |
| Grade 2: | 75 | 15.3% | 68 | 14.5% | 56 | 12.4% | 70 | 15.9% | 50 | 12.4% | 54 | 13.4% | 61 | 15.8% |
| Grade 3: | 67 | 13.7% | 59 | 12.6% | 74 | 16.4% | 53 | 12.1% | 58 | 14.4% | 64 | 15.9% | 56 | 14.5% |
| Grade 4: | 66 | 13.5% | 74 | 15.8% | 58 | 12.9% | 61 | 13.9% | 63 | 15.7% | 61 | 15.2% | 40 | 10.4% |
| Grade 5: | 70 | 14.3% | 62 | 13.2% | 62 | 13.7% | 61 | 13.9% | 62 | 15.4% | 43 | 10.7% | 65 | 16.8% |
| Grade 6: | 61 | 12.4% | 59 | 12.6% | 61 | 13.5% | 64 | 14.6% | 44 | 10.9% | 66 | 16.4% | 56 | 14.5% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 239 | 48.8% | 235 | 50.2% | 217 | 48.1% | 215 | 49.0% | 193 | 48.0% | 184 | 45.8% | 184 | 47.7% |
| Female: | 251 | 51.2% | 233 | 49.8% | 234 | 51.9% | 224 | 51.0% | 201 | 50.0% | 210 | 52.2% | 198 | 51.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% |
| Asian: | 28 | 5.7% | 33 | 7.1% | 40 | 8.9% | 41 | 9.3% | 33 | 8.2% | 29 | 7.2% | 28 | 7.3% |
| Hispanic: | 31 | 6.3% | 28 | 6.0% | 27 | 6.0% | 21 | 4.8% | 20 | 5.0% | 19 | 4.7% | 14 | 3.6% |
| Black: | 78 | 15.9% | 76 | 16.2% | 85 | 18.8% | 91 | 20.7% | 73 | 18.2% | 80 | 19.9% | 67 | 17.4% |
| White: | 323 | 65.9% | 311 | 66.5% | 287 | 63.6% | 286 | 65.1% | 276 | 68.7% | 274 | 68.2% | 276 | 71.5% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 28 | 5.7% | 19 | 4.1% | 12 | 2.7% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 88 | 18.0% | 55 | 11.8% | 53 | 11.8% | 54 | 12.3% | 36 | 9.0% | 35 | 8.7% | 30 | 7.8% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 11 | 2.2% | 26 | 5.6% | 25 | 5.5% | 19 | 4.3% | 17 | 4.2% | 19 | 4.7% | 13 | 3.4% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.94 | 14.22 | 13.79 | 14.12 | 13.58 | 13.40 | 14.70 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86% | 90% | 81% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95% | 94% | 83% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95% | 90.2% | 78.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 89% | 80.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 89.9% | 81.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.6% | 88.7% | 84.5% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 98.1% | 95% | 83.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 88.2% | 80% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77% | 80% | 68% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85% | 82% | 69% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85% | 82.4% | 72.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87% | 83.5% | 76.8% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.4% | 83.2% | 77% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 86% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 90.7% | 77.2% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 84.9% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.9% | 89.4% | 77.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 90.5% | 78% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.7% | 90.3% | 79.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 92% | 89.6% | 81.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 93% | 93.4% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 98.2% | 94.4% | 85.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 93.9% | 82.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 81.8% | 68.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 82.3% | 70.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.3% | 84.4% | 70.1% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.4% | 83% | 72.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 84.8% | 72.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 88.1% | 73.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.4% | 87.1% | 72.1% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.7% | 90.3% | 81.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 91.4% | 83.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.7% | 90.9% | 81.4% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 93.7% | 82.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 92.8% | 82.3% |
| 2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.5% | 85.4% | 56.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 86.7% | 61.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.1% | 88.8% | 69% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.6% | 87.9% | 66.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 85% | 71% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.7% | 91% | 73.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 90.1% | 73.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 90.1% | 74.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 88.5% | 76.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 85% | 87.5% | 73.3% |
| 2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.9% | 80.2% | 58% |
| 2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 85% | 80.8% | 62.7% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.7% | 80.3% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.9% | 78.8% | 60.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.6% | 70.9% | 60% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 81% | 77.7% | 61.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.6% | 80.2% | 64.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.7% | 75% | 64.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 82.6% | 67.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 80% | 81.6% | 65% |
| 2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 67.2% | 54.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 51% | 60% | 57.3% |
| 2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.5% | 65.8% | 57.3% |
| 2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 68.3% | 58.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.2% | 76.2% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.4% | 79.7% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.4% | 76.5% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 96.6% | 87.5% | 68% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.2% | 89.4% | 69.6% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.2% | 88.2% | 72.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 97% | 94% | 75.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 93.1% | 78% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 92.1% | 78.8% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 90.8% | 77.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 83.3% | 65.9% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 82.3% | 63.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 83.2% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 85% | 67.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 83.5% | 68.8% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 85.1% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 83.3% | 68.5% |
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* Highland School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.