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Highland Elementary

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Regular School · Silver Spring, MD

Highland Elementary is a regular school school in Silver Spring, Maryland, serving grades PK–05 with 509 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 12.4:1.

Level
Elementary
Grades
PK – 05
Enrollment
509
Teachers (FTE)
41.2
Student–Teacher Ratio
12.4:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
Yes under Community Eligibility Option (CEO)

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
Hispanic/Latino 417 82%
White 30 6%
Asian 28 6%
Black or African American 27 5%
Two or more races 7 1%
Total enrollment 509 262M / 247F

English Language Learners: 239 (47% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency 14.0% -8.2pp 22.2% 265
Reading Proficiency 19.0% -16.2pp 35.2% 263
Science Proficiency 30-34% — 81

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)
+0.10 grade levels
Math
-0.03 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
Program offered
43 students enrolled
Out-of-School Suspensions
0
Chronically Absent
57
11.2% of enrollment · SY 2019–20
Targeted Support School (TSI)

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category Students % of School
Total enrollment (est.) 509 100%

Contact & Location

3100 Medway St

Silver Spring, MD 20902

Phone: (240)740-1770

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/highlandes/

District

Montgomery County Public Schools

Per-pupil expenditure: $22,879

District enrollment: 160,554

Other Schools in District

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Related Data

NCES ID

240048000850

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD