📍 17000 Summitview, Cowiche, Yakima County, 98923
Highland Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Cowiche, Yakima County. The school has 191 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Highland School District school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 11.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Highland Junior High School enrolls 191 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 11.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 84% Hispanic or Latino, 15% White and 1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 160 | 84% |
| White | 29 | 15% |
| Black or African American | 2 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
164 of the school's 191 students (86%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 149 qualify for free lunch and 15 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Highland Junior High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district WA-40, state senate district 14, state house district 14.
Highland Junior High School is one of 4 schools in Highland School District, based in COWICHE, Washington. The district serves 1,060 students district-wide and employs 61 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 191 students, Highland Junior High School is smaller than the district average of about 265 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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