Summary:
E.L. Haynes PCS includes three schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Elementary (PK–5), Middle (grades 6–8), and High (grades 9–12). In 2025–2026, their average All Grades proficiency was 31% in ELA and 22% in math, compared with 40% and 28% statewide. The most important contrast for families is that High paired strong graduation with below-state proficiency: 95% of students graduated in 2024–2025, 16 percentage points above the state rate, while its ELA and math proficiency were below state rates.
Elementary had the highest reported All Grades proficiency in both subjects, at 36% in ELA and 33% in math; its math rate was 5 percentage points above the state. High had the lowest rates, at 25% in ELA and 16% in math—14 and 13 points below the state. The gap between the highest and lowest school results was 10 points in ELA and 17 in math. Middle was between them in ELA (34%) but closer to High in math (18%). There were also specific bright spots: grade 4 ELA at Elementary exceeded the state by 2 points, and High’s Geometry result exceeded the state by 10 points.
Recent changes were strongest in ELA: rates rose by 4 points at Elementary, 11 at Middle, and 3 at High from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. Math improved by 6 points at Elementary and 1 at Middle, but fell by 5 at High. SchoolDigger’s percentile rankings also rose from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026 at Elementary (48 to 59) and Middle (31 to 51); High fluctuated, ending at 70 after 76. As context, in 2024–2025, 31% of Elementary students, 43% of Middle students, and 42% of High students were directly certified for free meals. Student-teacher ratios ranged from 8.8 at High to 10.2 at Elementary.
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