Highland Middle School: special education data

Grades 6 - 8 · Highland CUSD 5, Madison County · 121 students with IEPs

In 2024–25, 23.6% of Highland Middle School's 121 students with IEPs were taught in a regular classroom at least 80% of the day, compared with the Illinois district median of 55.7%.

That ranks 2 of 2 comparable schools in Highland CUSD 5.

Reading proficiency among students with IEPs was 27.1% (typical Illinois district: 27.9%).

The school reported 10 out-of-school suspensions of students with IEPs (8.3 per 100).

Source: ISBE 2024–25 Illinois Report CardMethodologyReport an error

Inclusion

23.6%of this school's students with IEPs are in a regular classroom most of the day (ISBE 2024–25)
23.6%In a regular classroom most of the day — 80%+ of the time
59.3%Split between a regular class and a separate room — 40–79%
13.8%Mostly in a separate special-ed room — under 40%
3.3%In a separate school — the most separated

How students with disabilities do at this school

The “Children with Disabilities” subgroup at this school. The state withholds a figure when too few students would make an individual identifiable — common at smaller schools, so some rows below may be blank here but available at the district level.

Chronic absenteeism
20.1% · typical IL district 27.4% (ISBE 2024–25)
Share of special-ed students missing 10%+ of school days. Lower is better.
Reading (ELA) proficiency
27.1% · typical IL district 27.9% (ISBE 2024–25)
Math proficiency
16.4% · typical IL district 22.5% (ISBE 2024–25)

Discipline

Discipline of students with IEPs at this school (incident counts, ISBE 2024–25).

Out-of-school suspensions
10 incidents · 8.3 per 100 students with IEPs
In-school suspensions
withheld by the state to protect a small group of students

For the fuller picture (support staffing, restraint and seclusion, discipline disparities, and how this school compares with others in the district), see the Highland CUSD 5 scorecard .