Summary:
The middle-school list for Bureau Valley CUSD 340 contains one school, Bureau Valley Elementary and Junior High, serving grades 3–8 with 303 students. In 2025–2026, the school’s all-grades ELA result was 71%, compared with 56% statewide, and its math result was 47%, compared with 40% statewide. Its most important strength is that results are above the state overall in both subjects, especially ELA, where the advantage is 15 percentage points.
There is no school-to-school “top” or “bottom” comparison because the list contains just one school; grade-level results show where this school is strongest and where families may want to look more closely. Grade 4 stands out: ELA was 77%, 22 points above the state and 5 above the district, while math was 65%, 23 points above the state and 5 above the district. Grade 3 math is a notable exception, at 45%—4 points below the state and 6 below the district. Grade 5 ELA was slightly below the district, and grade 5 math was 6 points below it, though both subjects were slightly above state results. Science was also strong: the school scored 56% in grade 5 and 68% in grade 8, respectively 9 and 16 points above the state.
Scores rose modestly from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA increased by 3 points and math by 1, while statewide scores also improved, so the school’s advantage narrowed slightly. Science scores rose by 4 points in both tested grades, but state gains were larger and the school’s lead narrowed. SchoolDigger gives the school four stars and places it at the 75th percentile statewide, down from the 84th percentile the prior year. Context figures include a student–teacher ratio of 10.1 (2024–2025) and 46% free/reduced lunch eligible (2024–2025); chronic absenteeism was 8% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 9% and the state’s 24%. These figures describe the school but do not establish what explains its test results.
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