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Highland School District is located close to the center of Washington. Highland School District has 111.23 square miles of land area and has no water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Highland School District population is 5,388. Highland School District median household income is $51,161 in 2010-2014. Highland School District median house value is $198,500 in 2010-2014. On average, Highland School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (172 out of 238, bottom 28%) Elementary/Middle School: (208 out of 274, bottom 24%)* Rank: #228
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	5,388 (2010-2014), rank #156
Population Growth	-7.01% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	48.44/sq mi, rank #136
Median Household Income:	$51,161 at 2010-2014—10.62% increase since 2005-2009, rank #143
Median House Price:	$198,500 at 2010-2014—31.98% increase since 2005-2009, rank #142
Time Zone:	Pacific GMT -8:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	111.23 sq mi, rank #172
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00%), rank #280
State:	Washington
County:	Yakima County
City:	Yakima, Cowiche, Summitview, Tieton, Naches
Zip:	98908, 98923, 98947, 98937
Area:	Yakima, WA

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Highland School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

17000 Summitview Rd

Cowiche WA, 98923, Yakima County

Phone: 509-678-4173

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,215	1,244	1,238	1,180	1,190	1,141	1,149
English Language Learner Students:	301	272	270	269	186	218	207
Total Teachers:	72.05	69.88	65.50	66.73	64.82	62.10	62.90
Prekindergarten:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	4.86	4.00	5.00	5.00	6.05	3.00	4.00
Elementary:	33.19	32.50	25.72	25.67	25.67	27.20	27.00
Secondary:	32.90	31.38	30.98	29.96	27.80	25.10	24.10
Ungraded:	0.10	1.00	2.80	5.10	4.30	6.80	7.80
Total Other Staff:	64.13	61.60	59.72	59.57	60.78	60.00	60.50
Instructional Aides:	16.09	15.73	15.02	16.83	14.37	14.40	14.60
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.20	1.60
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.80	1.40
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Library/Media Support:	1.63	1.39	1.35	1.43	1.68	1.40	1.30
District Administrators:	3.78	3.79	2.19	2.19	2.43	2.20	2.20
District Administrative Support:	3.00	3.00	2.98	4.00	3.84	3.80	3.80
School Administrators:	4.40	4.00	3.83	3.65	3.22	3.60	2.70
School Administrative Support:	5.42	5.23	5.48	4.98	5.83	5.60	5.20
Student Support Services:	2.60	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Other Support Services:	24.21	22.46	22.87	20.49	24.41	24.00	25.70
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.86	17.80	18.90	17.68	18.36	18.37	18.27

Schools

Highland High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	17000 Summitview, Cowiche WA 98923
Highland Junior High School	Grade 7 to Grade 9	17000 Summitview, Cowiche WA 98923
Marcus Whitman-Cowiche Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 3	1181 Thompson Rd, Cowiche WA 98923
Tieton Intermediate School	Grade 4 to Grade 6	711 Thompson Rd, Tieton WA 98947

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
EOC Test
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	64.6%	64.1%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	78.5%	81.7%
2011	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	49.2%	62.4%
2012	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	61.6%	71%
2013	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	64.6%	80.7%
2011	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	54.8%	72.9%
2012	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	76.5%	79.1%
2013	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	83.9%	89.4%
HSPE Test
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	29.1%	41.6%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	78.2%	78.8%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73.9%	82.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80.2%	81.1%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79.8%	83.5%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	30.6%	44.7%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	33%	49.7%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	87.1%	85.9%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	93%	86%
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	89%	85.2%
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	92.2%	84.9%
MSP Test
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65.6%	61.7%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	51.9%	61.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	64.6%	65.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	63.6%	65.2%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	72%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.3%	73.1%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.8%	68.7%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.7%	73.0%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	34.7%	53.6%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50%	59.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	51.2%	59.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50.6%	62.5%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64%	67.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	55.1%	67.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58.5%	71.4%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	49.4%	72.4%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	61%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	65.3%	61.4%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	69.5%	61.3%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	65.8%	62.1%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	14.6%	53.6%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	42.7%	61.2%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50%	63.7%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52.3%	62.6%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	51.2%	69.5%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.7%	67.6%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	45.2%	71%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.7%	72.6%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	22%	34%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	32%	55.6%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	46.2%	66.1%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	32.6%	66.5%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	43.9%	51.8%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	50%	58.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	48.7%	61.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	50.5%	59.3%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	42.9%	64.5%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.8%	70.6%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55.1%	70.6%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	50.5%	71.4%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	40.4%	55.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	43.4%	56.9%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64%	59.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	56.3%	63.7%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	39.4%	63.3%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	35.4%	56.4%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64%	71.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	51.3%	68.7%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	59.3%	70.2%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	56.6%	71%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	57.6%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	63.8%	71.0%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	38.4%	51.5%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	34.8%	50.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	48.1%	55.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.1%	53.2%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.8%	69.2%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	48.7%	68.6%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	50%	67.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	43.6%	66.2%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	43%	54.4%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	32.2%	61.5%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51%	66.3%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	59.6%	64.9%
WASL Test
2004	Math	10th Grade	% met std	38.8%	43.9%
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	41.2%	47.5%
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	37.2%	51%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	51.4%	50.2%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	37.6%	49.3%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	33.7%	45.2%
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	66%	64.5%
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	71.1%	72.9%
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84.6%	81.9%
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77.5%	80.6%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79.4%	81.3%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	76.5%	80.9%
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	25.2%	32.2%
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	34%	35.8%
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	23.4%	34.9%
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	29.4%	36.3%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	22%	39.7%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	30.6%	38.6%
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	73.8%	65.2%
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	68%	65.2%
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	82.1%	79.7%
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	81.9%	83.6%
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	83.7%	86.2%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	86.5%	86.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	49.1%	64.2%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	69.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73.4%	68.3%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	63.6%	66.3%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.1%	68.2%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	70.7%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.9%	70.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.3%	71.3%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	38.8%	59.9%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	42.4%	60.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	61.8%	58.9%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	34.7%	57.9%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	41.4%	53.4%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	38%	52.3%
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	47.5%	74.4%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.2%	79.5%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.6%	81.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.3%	76.4%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59.2%	72.3%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.6%	73.5%
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	35%	55.8%
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	46.9%	57.7%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	63.5%	60.3%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	51.5%	60.1%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	56.6%	62.1%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	54.4%	60.3%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	42.5%	55.8%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.8%	59.3%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	39.4%	61%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	41.6%	61.9%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	76.2%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.2%	71.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.5%	75.3%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.8%	73.9%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	9.1%	28.2%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	17.1%	35.6%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	23.9%	35.7%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	28.4%	36.4%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	13.5%	42.9%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	21.6%	44.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	32.4%	49.4%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	28.6%	49.5%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	43.9%	48.9%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	30%	50.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	41.1%	66.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60.4%	67.8%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.6%	68.6%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	45%	72%
2004	Math	7th Grade	% met std	36.6%	46.3%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	40.9%	50.8%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	34.1%	48.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	45.1%	54.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	36.5%	50.3%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	48.3%	51.8%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	40.2%	60.4%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	49.1%	69%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	36%	61.5%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	54.9%	68.5%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	49%	62.8%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50.6%	59.3%
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	36.6%	57.9%
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	27.3%	61.2%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	44.8%	64.5%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	60.5%	68.1%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	62.5%	69.7%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	57.5%	69.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	36.6%	48.8%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	36%	49.5%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	35.4%	51.5%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	42.6%	50.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55.6%	70.1%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	48.3%	64.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.2%	65.9%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	53.2%	67.5%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% met std	36.9%	39.4%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54.3%	36.4%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	37.1%	42.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	22.8%	47.9%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	32.6%	51.1%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$12,632,000	$10,204		$12,113,000	$10,265		$12,419,000	$10,436
Federal:	$1,462,000	$1,181	11.6%	$1,543,000	$1,308	12.7%	$2,298,000	$1,931	18.5%
State:	$8,799,000	$7,107	69.7%	$8,316,000	$7,047	68.7%	$8,000,000	$6,723	64.4%
Local:	$2,371,000	$1,915	18.8%	$2,254,000	$1,910	18.6%	$2,121,000	$1,782	17.1%
Total Expenditures:	$11,856,000	$9,577		$11,716,000	$9,929		$11,743,000	$9,868
Total Current Expenditures:	$11,722,000	$9,468		$11,403,000	$9,664		$11,116,000	$9,341
Instructional Expenditures:	$6,785,000	$5,481	57.9%	$6,814,000	$5,775	59.8%	$6,681,000	$5,614	60.1%
Student and Staff Support:	$832,000	$672	7.1%	$801,000	$679	7.0%	$811,000	$682	7.3%
Administration:	$1,756,000	$1,418	15.0%	$1,491,000	$1,264	13.1%	$1,387,000	$1,166	12.5%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,349,000	$1,897	20.0%	$2,297,000	$1,947	20.1%	$2,237,000	$1,880	20.1%
Total Capital Outlay:	$32,000	$26		$82,000	$69		$480,000	$403
Construction:	$0	$0		$63,000	$53		$173,000	$145
Total Other:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$102,000	$82		$231,000	$196		$147,000	$124

Total Salary:	$6,804,000	$5,496		$7,003,000	$5,935		$6,750,000	$5,672
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$4,562,000	$3,685	67.0%	$4,712,000	$3,993	67.3%	$4,527,000	$3,804	67.1%
Other Salary:	$2,242,000	$1,811	33.0%	$2,291,000	$1,942	32.7%	$2,223,000	$1,868	32.9%
Total Benefit:	$2,439,000	$1,970		$2,381,000	$2,018		$2,268,000	$1,906
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,575,000	$1,272	64.6%	$1,577,000	$1,336	66.2%	$1,487,000	$1,250	65.6%
Other Benefit:	$864,000	$698	35.4%	$804,000	$681	33.8%	$781,000	$656	34.4%

* Highland School District was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.