Highland School
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% |
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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.