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Highland Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
1500 East 7 Th Street
Rifle, CO 81650
Phone
(970) 665-6800
District
Garfield School District No. Re-2
County
GARFIELD COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
451
Classroom Teachers
28

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Colorado

4

(10 is best)

Better than 33.5% of all CO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Highland Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 5

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
33%
42%
38%
48%
27%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
16
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 52 11.5%
Kindergarten 60 13.3%
Grade 1 67 14.9%
Grade 2 64 14.2%
Grade 3 71 15.7%
Grade 4 52 11.5%
Grade 5 85 18.8%
Total 451 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 34.2% 44.3% 53.6%
Black 0.5% 0.3% 4.9%
Hispanic 65.2% 54.9% 37.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.2% 3.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.3% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 45.5% 38.2% 38.7%
Free lunch eligible 45.5% 38.2% 31.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 6.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 26,612 5,877,610
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 33.1 56
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.3% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 23.1% 18.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.4% 36.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.3% 24.3%
65 OR OLDER 10.8% 15.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 9,203 2,325,576
Single Parent Households With Children 6.8% 6.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 88.1% 92.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 22.5% 44.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 17.7% 27.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.4% 19.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.0% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.2% 15.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.8% 11.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.2% 7.7%
$15,000 or less 5.7% 6.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,162 $28,725,000 46.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $712 $3,320,000 5.4%
Staff $1,074 $5,009,000 8.1%
General Administration $218 $1,015,000 1.6%
School Administration $834 $3,888,000 6.3%
Operation $1,335 $6,225,000 10.1%
Transportation $387 $1,805,000 2.9%
Other $987 $4,600,000 7.5%
Total Support $5,547 $25,862,000 42.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,494 $6,965,000 11.3%
Total Expenditures $13,203 $61,552,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,644 $5,785,874,000 42.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $874 $761,220,000 5.6%
Staff $718 $624,884,000 4.6%
General Administration $235 $204,477,000 1.5%
School Administration $930 $810,034,000 5.9%
Operation $1,222 $1,064,273,000 7.8%
Transportation $313 $272,720,000 2.0%
Other $989 $861,569,000 6.3%
Total Support $5,281 $4,599,177,000 33.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,809 $3,316,801,000 24.2%
Total Expenditures $15,734 $13,701,852,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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