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Highlands Elementary School
2100 Gilpin Ave
Wilmington DE, 19806, New Castle County
Phone: 302-651-2715
Ranking: 
(106 out of 119, bottom 11%)*
(106 out of 119, bottom 11%)*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
| 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 25 | 20 | 21 | |||
| Total Students: | 329 | 337 | 371 | |||
| Kindergarten: | 50 | 15.2% | 49 | 14.5% | 36 | 9.7% |
| Grade 1: | 53 | 16.1% | 45 | 13.4% | 44 | 11.9% |
| Grade 2: | 46 | 14.0% | 45 | 13.4% | 60 | 16.2% |
| Grade 3: | 51 | 15.5% | 62 | 18.4% | 74 | 19.9% |
| Grade 4: | 64 | 19.5% | 59 | 17.5% | 89 | 24.0% |
| Grade 5: | 65 | 19.8% | 77 | 22.8% | 68 | 18.3% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||
| Male: | 169 | 51.4% | 172 | 51.0% | 183 | 49.3% |
| Female: | 152 | 46.2% | 157 | 46.6% | 184 | 49.6% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% |
| Asian/Pacific Islander: | 6 | 1.8% | 7 | 2.1% | 10 | 2.7% |
| Hispanic: | 88 | 26.7% | 74 | 22.0% | 77 | 20.8% |
| Black | 179 | 54.4% | 186 | 55.2% | 202 | 54.4% |
| White: | 55 | 16.7% | 70 | 20.8% | 81 | 21.8% |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 221 | 67.2% | 203 | 60.2% | 198 | 53.4% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 27 | 8.2% | 39 | 11.6% | 28 | 7.5% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 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% | 67.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 38.9% | 53.8% | 62.8% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 49% | 51.3% | 65.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 50% | 50.7% | 60.5% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.8% | 53.7% | 64.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 32.8% | 52.4% | 64.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 54% | 57.1% | 64.9% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 29.7% | 43.5% | 48.8% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Highlands Elementary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.