Summary:
Scotia has one listed school, Stanwood A. Murphy Elementary, serving grades K–8 with 187 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grade results were 60% in English language arts (ELA), 66% in math, and 62% in science, compared with 49%, 38%, and 36% statewide. The most important finding is that the school outperformed the state in all three subjects, with its largest leads in math and science.
Because it is Scotia’s only listed school, there is no local school leader or laggard to compare it with. Results vary considerably by grade: ELA ranged from 45% in grade 4 to 93% in grade 5, while math ranged from 39% in grade 8 to 93% in grade 5. Grade 4 ELA was 1 point below the state, but grade 5 ELA was 44 points above; the school’s math results were above the state in every grade, by 3 to 56 points. Families may therefore find the results for a particular grade more informative than the all-grade figures alone.
Results changed unevenly over time: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, all-grade ELA fell by 8 points and math by 5, while science rose by 5; the school’s average lead over the state narrowed by 4 points. SchoolDigger ranks the school 842nd of 5,804, in the 85th percentile with four stars for 2025–2026; its percentile rose from 72 to 86, then dipped to 85. Chronic absenteeism was 11%, compared with 18% statewide. For context, the student-teacher ratio was 17.5 in 2024–2025, and 72% of students were reported as free/reduced lunch eligible (FRL) that school year.
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