AlWood CUSD 225

AlWood CUSD 225 has two schools serving preschool through grade 12: AlWood Elementary (PK–5, 172 students) and AlWood Middle/High (grades 6–12, 184 students). In 2025–26, both schools were above the state in English language arts (ELA): 59% at Elementary and 73% at Middle/High, compared with 56% statewide. Math was more mixed: Elementary scored 42%, above the state’s 40%, while Middle/High scored 35%, below it. The clearest takeaway is that Middle/High stands out in ELA, while Elementary is stronger in math.

Middle/High leads the schools in ELA by 14 points; its result was 17 points above the state, compared with Elementary’s 3-point lead. In math, Elementary leads by 7 points and was 3 points above the state, while Middle/High was 5 points below. Grade-level results add an important qualification: Elementary’s grade 4 math result was 35%, 8 points below the state, even though its all-grades result was above the state. In science, Middle/High’s grade 8 result was about level with the state in 2025–26, but its grade 9 science result was slightly above the state.

Results improved most at Middle/High: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, ELA rose 19 points and math rose 13. At Elementary, ELA increased 1 point while math fell 1 point. SchoolDigger’s ranking history also moved up overall: Middle/High rose from the 42nd to the 74th percentile over three years; Elementary went from the 51st to the 58th, after reaching the 62nd. Both schools had lower chronic absenteeism than the state in 2025–26: 7% at Elementary and 13% at Middle/High, versus 24% statewide. Their 2024–25 student-teacher ratios were similar, at 8.9 and 9.3. Both reported free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–25: 43% at Elementary and 34% at Middle/High; these figures provide context, not an explanation for results. Grade bands differ between schools, and some grade-level results are suppressed.