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Highland High School
Highland High School is a public high school in Highland CUSD 5, serving grades 9 - 12 in Highland, Madison County, Illinois. In the 2025 Illinois Report Card (2024-25 school year), the Illinois State Board of Education designated it Exemplary.
State designation, last three report cards
- 2023Commendable
- 2024Exemplary
- 2025Exemplary
What Exemplary means: Performance in the top 10 percent of Illinois schools on the state's accountability index, with no student group performing at or below the level of the lowest 5 percent of schools.
How it compares with other Madison County high schools
| Measure | This school | County median | Diff. |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELA proficiency | 66.0% | 45.3%8 schools | +20.7 pts |
| Math proficiency | 52.7% | 32.8%8 schools | +19.9 pts |
| Chronic absenteeism | 19.1% | 31.1%9 schools | -12.0 pts |
| Average class size | 20.3 | 20.39 schools | +0.0 |
| Low-income enrollment | 25.0% | 44.1%9 schools | -19.1 pts |
Median of other high schools in Madison County with reported data, this school excluded, not weighted by enrollment. Proficiency is from the 2024-25 state tests. Illinois changed its proficiency cut scores in 2025, so these percentages cannot be compared with earlier years.
What stands out
- ELA proficiency is 20.7 points above the median for other Madison County high schools (45.3%). A relative strength.
- Math proficiency is 19.9 points above the median for other Madison County high schools (32.8%). A relative strength.
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- Visit. A designation summarizes test results, growth and attendance. It does not describe a classroom.
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Other schools in Highland CUSD 5
- Alhambra Primary School Exemplary
- Grantfork Upper Elementary School Exemplary
- Highland Elementary School Commendable
- Highland Middle School Commendable
- Highland Primary School Commendable
Sources
- Illinois Report Card: Highland High School
- ISBE Report Card Public Data Sets, 2023, 2024 and 2025, retrieved 2026-10-06
- ISBE 2025 Report Card Glossary (designation definitions)
This page reports state-published data. It is not a rating or recommendation by Single Tree Team.
