Summary:
Ina’s list includes one school, Spring Garden Middle School, serving grades 5–8, so the results describe one local middle school rather than a range of school choices. In 2025–2026, its all-grades English language arts (ELA) proficiency was 43%, compared with 56% statewide, while mathematics proficiency was 16%, compared with 40% statewide. The most important concern is mathematics: the school was 24 percentage points below the state and 7 points below its district.
There is no meaningful school-to-school top or bottom ranking in Ina with only one listed school; within the school, grade-level results show a mix of strengths and needs. Eighth-grade ELA proficiency was 68%, 5 points above the state’s 63%, and eighth-grade science was essentially level with the state at 52.0% versus 51.9%. By contrast, sixth-grade ELA was 44%, 15 points below the state. Chronic absenteeism was a favorable comparison: 15% at the school, versus 18% in the district and 24% statewide.
Recent changes make mathematics the clearest concern: its proficiency fell from 19% in 2024–2025 to 16% in 2025–2026, while the state rose from 39% to 40%, widening the school’s shortfall by 4 points. All-grades ELA also fell slightly, from 43% to 43%, as the state improved from 53% to 56%; the gap widened by 4 points. Eighth-grade science improved from 33% to 52%, moving from 12 points below the state to essentially level. SchoolDigger ranks the school at the 44th percentile and gives it two stars for 2025–2026, up from the 39th percentile the year before but below the 58th percentile in 2023–2024. The school has 93 students and an 11.3 student–teacher ratio; 47% were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025.
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