Highland High School is located in Palmdale, California and is part of the Antelope Valley Union High School District. About 3,500 students attend Highland High School in grades 9 through 12. It received a California Distinguished School award in 2005.
Highland High School was founded in 1989 in response to Palmdale's rapid population growth. Palmdale High School was not large enough to serve the children of the new families moving into the Antelope Valley. Highland High School is now the largest high school under the Antelope Valley Union High School District. The school has seen a rapid increase in the number of students each year as the area around Highland becomes more developed. The school also attracts students outside of its own district as one of the two schools in the area (the other being Quartz Hill High School) to offer the International Baccalaureate program.
The school's website defines its mission as follows:
Highland High School is one of two schools in the...
