Highland Lakes School
Glendale, AZ · Middle School · Grades -1-8
Highland Lakes School is a middle school in Glendale, AZ with 1,069 students enrolled and a 64% proficiency rate. Part of Deer Valley Unified District (4246). NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Highland Lakes School is a middle school located in Glendale, Arizona. The school serves 1,069 students in grades -1-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.7:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 64% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
24% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Highland Lakes School is part of the Deer Valley Unified District (4246) in Arizona.
How This School Compares
Highland Lakes School has 1,069 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Deer Valley Unified District (4246) (810 students). Its 64% proficiency rate is 8 percentage points above the district average of 57%. Compared to the Arizona state average of 48%, the school performs 16 points higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
Highland Lakes School has 1,069 students enrolled in grades -1-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.7:1.
According to EDFacts data, 64% of students at Highland Lakes School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Highland Lakes School is part of the Deer Valley Unified District (4246) in Glendale, Arizona. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.