Highland Academy, Beaumont CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Highland Academy

Highland Academy is a charter school serving Transitional Kindergarten through eighth grade in Beaumont, a rapidly growing master-planned community in Riverside County. The school enrolls a modest cohort of about students in a single-building setting on Wellwood Avenue.

The school's academic results show persistent challenges across tested grades and subjects. In English language arts, proficiency ranges from the low thirties to mid-forties across grades three through eight, with sixth and eighth grade performing relatively stronger. Mathematics proficiency is notably lower, tracking in the low twenties across grades three through eight, with a slight uptick in fourth grade. Science proficiency, measured in grades five and eight, sits in the low twenties. These results position Highland Academy above the midpoint of proficiency across Riverside County school districts overall, though that represents a modest position within a peer set; state testing data shows proficiency generally stronger elsewhere in the state.

The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial share also identifying as white. A meaningful portion of enrolled students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting moderate economic need. The school houses a multi-age population: early grades (kindergarten through second) enroll small cohorts typical of schools serving younger children, while grades six through eight show notably larger enrollments, suggesting either growth in the school over time or the choice of families to enroll older students.

Beaumont itself is among the fastest-growing cities in the Inland Empire. The surrounding landscape consists largely of new master-planned communities and residential subdivisions north of Interstate 10, with newer construction dominating the housing stock. Home values and rental rates in the area fall modestly below the state benchmark. The city is car-dependent; newer neighborhoods feature walkable internal streets but are isolated from shopping and services without a vehicle. Downtown Beaumont, centered around Beaumont Avenue and 6th Street, remains quiet with limited retail. A regional distribution network connects the city through transit to medical facilities, the Morongo casino, and Metrolink corridors.

Highland Academy operates as an independent charter district rather than as part of Beaumont Unified, giving it separate governance. No information was available on the school's specific curriculum model, program concentrations, or instructional approach. Civil-rights compliance data and chronic absenteeism figures were not available. Parents interested in understanding the school's academic supports, classroom composition in individual grades, or differentiation strategies would benefit from reaching out directly to the school, since those details do not appear in public data.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 326%

School 26% · district not reported

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 435%

School 35% · district not reported

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 526%

School 26% · district not reported

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 623%

School 23% · district not reported

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 720%

School 20% · district not reported

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 819%

School 19% · district not reported

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 337%

School 37% · district not reported

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 435%

School 35% · district not reported

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 539%

School 39% · district not reported

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 644%

School 44% · district not reported

even with state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 730%

School 30% · district not reported

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 848%

School 48% · district not reported

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Science

Grade 522%

School 22% · district not reported

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 823%

School 23% · district not reported

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

This schoolDistrict average, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income35%Higher-income53%18 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income33%Higher-income28%5 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income35%Higher-income55%20 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income15%Higher-income31%16 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income13%Higher-income25%13 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income9%Higher-income25%16 pp gap