Highlands Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

2100 Gilpin Ave

Wilmington DE, 19806, New Castle County

Phone: 302-651-2715

Ranking:

(121 out of 134, bottom 10%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Red Clay Consolidated 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:	27		30		28		31		25		20		21
Total Students:	383		350		367		330		329		337		371
Kindergarten:	57	14.9%	44	12.6%	67	18.3%	49	14.8%	50	15.2%	49	14.5%	36	9.7%
Grade 1:	59	15.4%	71	20.3%	59	16.1%	53	16.1%	53	16.1%	45	13.4%	44	11.9%
Grade 2:	75	19.6%	62	17.7%	56	15.3%	60	18.2%	46	14.0%	45	13.4%	60	16.2%
Grade 3:	70	18.3%	63	18.0%	62	16.9%	52	15.8%	51	15.5%	62	18.4%	74	19.9%
Grade 4:	64	16.7%	61	17.4%	61	16.6%	51	15.5%	64	19.5%	59	17.5%	89	24.0%
Grade 5:	58	15.1%	49	14.0%	62	16.9%	65	19.7%	65	19.8%	77	22.8%	68	18.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	194	50.7%	175	50.0%	185	50.4%	161	48.8%	169	51.4%	172	51.0%	183	49.3%
Female:	189	49.3%	175	50.0%	182	49.6%	169	51.2%	152	46.2%	157	46.6%	184	49.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%
Asian:	5	1.3%	5	1.4%	2	0.5%	3	0.9%	6	1.8%	7	2.1%	10	2.7%
Hispanic:	116	30.3%	123	35.1%	116	31.6%	92	27.9%	88	26.7%	74	22.0%	77	20.8%
Black:	208	54.3%	172	49.1%	189	51.5%	174	52.7%	179	54.4%	186	55.2%	202	54.4%
White:	42	11.0%	39	11.1%	52	14.2%	56	17.0%	55	16.7%	70	20.8%	81	21.8%
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:	11	2.9%	10	2.9%	7	1.9%	4	1.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	261	68.1%	274	78.3%	294	80.1%	247	74.8%	221	67.2%	203	60.2%	198	53.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	21	6.0%	17	4.6%	25	7.6%	27	8.2%	39	11.6%	28	7.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.19		11.67		13.11		10.65		13.43		16.90		17.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
DCAS
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	27.3%	56.4%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	46%	65%	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	30.00%	61.58%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	38.9%	53.8%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	64%	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	35.00%	61.98%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	49%	51.3%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	31%	63%	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	41.38%	63.78%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	50%	50.7%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	47%	64%	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	51.72%	67.29%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	60.8%	53.7%	N/A
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	38%	59%	N/A
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	47.46%	61.36%	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	32.8%	52.4%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46%	63%	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	32.08%	64.24%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54%	57.1%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67%	71%	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.49%	72.81%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	29.7%	43.5%	N/A
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	27%	46%	N/A
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	9.43%	44.97%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Highlands Elementary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.