Highlands Middle School
425 South Tweedt St
Kennewick WA, 99336, Benton County
Phone: 509-734-3670
Ranking: (1,301 out of 1,485, bottom 12%)*
Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
School District: Kennewick 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: | NA | NA | 46 | 45 | 42 | 40 | 43 | 43 | ||||||
Total Students: | 931 | 936 | 925 | 895 | 799 | 782 | 776 | |||||||
Grade 6: | 325 | 34.9% | 310 | 33.1% | 321 | 34.7% | 307 | 34.3% | 300 | 37.5% | 261 | 33.4% | 250 | 32.2% |
Grade 7: | 292 | 31.4% | 316 | 33.8% | 310 | 33.5% | 305 | 34.1% | 260 | 32.5% | 237 | 30.3% | 272 | 35.1% |
Grade 8: | 314 | 33.7% | 310 | 33.1% | 294 | 31.8% | 283 | 31.6% | 239 | 29.9% | 284 | 36.3% | 249 | 32.1% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 465 | 49.9% | 478 | 51.1% | 482 | 52.1% | 480 | 53.6% | 403 | 50.4% | 384 | 49.1% | 376 | 48.5% |
Female: | 466 | 50.1% | 458 | 48.9% | 443 | 47.9% | 415 | 46.4% | 367 | 45.9% | 370 | 47.3% | 382 | 49.2% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 8 | 0.9% | 7 | 0.7% | 4 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.4% | 7 | 0.9% | 10 | 1.3% | 9 | 1.2% |
Asian: | 19 | 2.0% | 21 | 2.2% | 26 | 2.8% | 20 | 2.2% | 16 | 2.0% | 18 | 2.3% | 26 | 3.4% |
Hispanic: | 414 | 44.5% | 417 | 44.6% | 396 | 42.8% | 357 | 39.9% | 294 | 36.8% | 276 | 35.3% | 276 | 35.6% |
Black: | 26 | 2.8% | 24 | 2.6% | 26 | 2.8% | 32 | 3.6% | 26 | 3.3% | 20 | 2.6% | 13 | 1.7% |
White: | 445 | 47.8% | 451 | 48.2% | 454 | 49.1% | 475 | 53.1% | 435 | 54.4% | 438 | 56.0% | 438 | 56.4% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 5 | 0.5% | 5 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.2% | 7 | 0.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 14 | 1.5% | 11 | 1.2% | 17 | 1.8% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 598 | 64.2% | 573 | 61.2% | 560 | 60.5% | 500 | 55.9% | 447 | 55.9% | 405 | 51.8% | 377 | 48.6% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 64 | 6.9% | 73 | 7.8% | 65 | 7.0% | 101 | 11.3% | 95 | 11.9% | 100 | 12.8% | 87 | 11.2% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | NA | NA | 20.53 | 20.69 | 21.31 | 19.78 | 18.30 | 18.20 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
EOC | ||||||
2011 | Math Year 1 | End of course | % met std | 84% | 64.8% | 62.4% |
2012 | Math Year 1 | End of course | % met std | 78.7% | 69.1% | 71% |
2013 | Math Year 1 | End of course | % met std | 94.7% | 77.7% | 80.7% |
2011 | Math Year 2 | End of course | % met std | 96.7% | 74.1% | 72.9% |
2012 | Math Year 2 | End of course | % met std | 100% | 73% | 79.1% |
2013 | Math Year 2 | End of course | % met std | 100.0% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
MSP | ||||||
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 36.7% | 39.2% | 51.8% |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 34.6% | 45% | 58.8% |
2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 32.7% | 45.4% | 61.4% |
2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 27.3% | 41.8% | 59.3% |
2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 46.4% | 58.1% | 64.5% |
2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 53.6% | 63.1% | 70.6% |
2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 61.6% | 66.5% | 70.6% |
2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 46.1% | 63.1% | 71.4% |
2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.5% | 50.5% | 55.2% |
2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 38.1% | 48.5% | 56.9% |
2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 36.7% | 51.7% | 59.2% |
2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 53.5% | 63.7% |
2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 50% | 58.4% | 63.3% |
2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 37.2% | 50.8% | 56.4% |
2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.6% | 68.7% | 71.2% |
2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.8% | 63.6% | 68.7% |
2010 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.7% | 69.1% | 70.2% |
2011 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.2% | 69.8% | 71% |
2012 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.3% | 72.9% | 71% |
2013 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 50.0% | 66.6% | 71.0% |
2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 32.4% | 42.2% | 51.5% |
2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 27.2% | 37% | 50.3% |
2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 42.9% | 47.4% | 55.4% |
2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 29.2% | 42.6% | 53.2% |
2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.5% | 66.6% | 69.2% |
2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.9% | 66% | 68.6% |
2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.8% | 67.7% | 67.2% |
2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 44.4% | 59.4% | 66.2% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 35.5% | 48.6% | 54.4% |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 50.6% | 54.7% | 61.5% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.3% | 57% | 66.3% |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.0% | 57.3% | 64.9% |
WASL | ||||||
2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 37.1% | 48.9% | 49.4% |
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 38.8% | 48% | 49.5% |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 32.3% | 43% | 48.9% |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 39.9% | 48.6% | 50.9% |
2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 59.3% | 73.7% | 66.6% |
2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 59.6% | 72% | 67.8% |
2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 53.2% | 65.7% | 68.6% |
2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 60.1% | 72.5% | 72% |
2004 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 30.3% | 42.8% | 46.3% |
2005 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.9% | 50.8% | 50.8% |
2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 33.6% | 48% | 48.5% |
2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 45.5% | 57.8% | 54.4% |
2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 40.8% | 49.3% | 50.3% |
2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 45% | 50% | 51.8% |
2004 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.7% | 61.3% | 60.4% |
2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.9% | 73.1% | 69% |
2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.3% | 63.1% | 61.5% |
2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.9% | 73.4% | 68.5% |
2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.9% | 65% | 62.8% |
2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 46% | 55.3% | 59.3% |
2004 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 50% | 53.3% | 57.9% |
2005 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.8% | 61.6% | 61.2% |
2006 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.5% | 59.7% | 64.5% |
2007 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 71% | 68.1% |
2008 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.8% | 67.6% | 69.7% |
2009 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.2% | 65.9% | 69.7% |
2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 42.5% | 48.7% | 48.8% |
2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 39% | 49.7% | 49.5% |
2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 41.6% | 52% | 51.5% |
2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 44.7% | 51% | 50.8% |
2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 66% | 74.1% | 70.1% |
2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.2% | 66.5% | 64.7% |
2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.3% | 63.9% | 65.9% |
2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.1% | 66% | 67.5% |
2004 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 37.3% | 37.9% | 39.4% |
2005 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 27.7% | 36.5% | 36.4% |
2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 29.1% | 41.3% | 42.9% |
2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 34.9% | 47.2% | 44.4% |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 30.9% | 50% | 47.9% |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 40.5% | 53.5% | 51.1% |
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* Highlands Middle 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.