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Highland School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

490 Highland Ave

Cheshire CT, 06410, New Haven County

Phone: 203-272-0335

Ranking:

(103 out of 765, top 13%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 1 to Grade 6

School District: Cheshire 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:	52		54		53		53		57		64		60
Total Students:	740		776		795		827		840		869		907
Grade 1:	107	14.5%	112	14.4%	113	14.2%	122	14.8%	132	15.7%	126	14.5%	136	15.0%
Grade 2:	112	15.1%	115	14.8%	127	16.0%	136	16.4%	127	15.1%	136	15.7%	147	16.2%
Grade 3:	122	16.5%	133	17.1%	132	16.6%	126	15.2%	141	16.8%	146	16.8%	149	16.4%
Grade 4:	140	18.9%	135	17.4%	130	16.4%	143	17.3%	146	17.4%	150	17.3%	151	16.6%
Grade 5:	133	18.0%	129	16.6%	146	18.4%	148	17.9%	152	18.1%	148	17.0%	165	18.2%
Grade 6:	126	17.0%	152	19.6%	147	18.5%	152	18.4%	142	16.9%	163	18.8%	159	17.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	373	50.4%	399	51.4%	408	51.3%	430	52.0%	437	52.0%	457	52.6%	474	52.3%
Female:	367	49.6%	377	48.6%	387	48.7%	397	48.0%	395	47.0%	404	46.5%	429	47.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%
Asian:	83	11.2%	96	12.4%	94	11.8%	92	11.1%	87	10.4%	79	9.1%	77	8.5%
Hispanic:	27	3.6%	37	4.8%	41	5.2%	35	4.2%	30	3.6%	29	3.3%	28	3.1%
Black:	32	4.3%	20	2.6%	17	2.1%	14	1.7%	15	1.8%	11	1.3%	14	1.5%
White:	595	80.4%	620	79.9%	642	80.8%	683	82.6%	706	84.0%	750	86.3%	787	86.8%
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:	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	40	5.4%	46	5.9%	44	5.5%	36	4.4%	33	3.9%	23	2.6%	21	2.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	8	1.1%	14	1.8%	16	2.0%	24	2.9%	17	2.0%	22	2.5%	20	2.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.12		14.36		14.87		15.50		14.85		14.50		15.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CMT
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90.6%	90.6%	78.3%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	95.2%	91.9%	80.1%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	97.9%	95%	80.7%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	94.3%	92.4%	82.8%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93.4%	91%	83.6%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	98.4%	92.6%	84.3%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	96.2%	95.3%	85.8%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90.1%	90.4%	82.7%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.5%	83.7%	69.2%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.1%	82.4%	69.3%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	82.6%	68.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.4%	85.8%	71.1%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.9%	86.5%	72.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.8%	86.5%	74%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	85.6%	74.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.1%	81.0%	72.4%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	88.6%	87.3%	81.7%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	93.1%	90.8%	82.4%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	90.1%	82.9%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	93.7%	93.4%	83.2%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	94.9%	91.5%	80.3%
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	92.7%	92.8%	81.1%
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	96.2%	93.9%	83.2%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	87.7%	87.5%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94.8%	95.2%	80.3%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	95.7%	93%	80.9%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	95.2%	94%	81.5%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	97.9%	96.3%	84.6%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	97.9%	96.4%	85.2%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	95.1%	95.2%	85.2%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	96%	97.1%	85.8%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94.6%	95.3%	83.8%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.1%	87.7%	71.8%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.8%	87.4%	70.6%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.3%	81.9%	69.7%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.6%	87.7%	74.4%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.1%	88.3%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	84.2%	74.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.6%	89.3%	78.3%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.5%	92.0%	77.6%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90.3%	90.4%	84.2%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	95.6%	93.9%	84.1%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91.8%	91.5%	84.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	89.6%	93.1%	85%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	96.5%	95.6%	86.5%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92.3%	95.2%	85.4%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	99.2%	96.9%	83.7%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91.6%	92.1%	83.5%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	97%	94.5%	80.8%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	95.6%	95.1%	82.5%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94.4%	94.1%	83.1%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	97.2%	94.5%	85.9%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	99.3%	97.4%	87.8%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	99.3%	97.9%	87.6%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94.5%	95.3%	85.7%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96.8%	96.8%	84.4%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93.4%	90.6%	72.8%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.8%	88%	73.4%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.5%	90.8%	74%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.4%	88.4%	77.7%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.1%	91.8%	75.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91%	90%	75.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.9%	90.2%	79.7%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95.1%	91.5%	79.1%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	96.3%	96.2%	81.1%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	96.6%	93.8%	82.9%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	98%	95.1%	82.5%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	97.9%	96.2%	82.4%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	93.2%	94.2%	82.4%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	96.8%	93.9%	81.7%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	94.6%	94.8%	85.3%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	95.6%	95.6%	85.7%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	98.8%	98.2%	85.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	95.9%	94.5%	86.5%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	95.2%	94.3%	87.3%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	97.9%	97.6%	88%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	93.2%	95.3%	88.5%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	96.0%	96.5%	87.7%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	95.8%	94.4%	79.8%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	99.4%	97.2%	82.7%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	96.2%	96.8%	84.3%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	99.4%	98.2%	86.8%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	100%	97.6%	88.2%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	99.3%	99.2%	88.5%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	100%	98.8%	87.2%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	97.3%	97.5%	85.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	95.1%	94.4%	75.4%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	94%	92.6%	75.7%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.9%	93.4%	77.6%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	98.7%	96.6%	80.3%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	97.8%	94.6%	85.5%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	99.3%	98.1%	86.5%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	97.3%	97%	84.8%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93.8%	94.8%	84.5%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	92.3%	93.9%	82.7%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	92.2%	91.6%	83.8%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	94.2%	94.4%	82.9%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	96.2%	94.6%	83.1%
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	98.6%	93.6%	85.5%
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	99.3%	95.6%	86.1%
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	98.6%	98.3%	84.9%
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	94.6%	95.1%	84.3%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* 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.