Aptakisic-Tripp CCSD 102

Aptakisic-Tripp CCSD 102 includes four schools serving 2,557 students from kindergarten through grade 8: two K–3 schools, one grades 4–5 school, and one grades 6–8 school. In 2025–26, every school’s reported all-grades ELA and math results were above the state figures, and SchoolDigger ranks the district 55th out of 738. The clearest shared strength is math: the four-school average was 30 points above the state, compared with 17 points above the state in ELA.

Meridian School led in all-grades ELA at 79% and math at 73%; those results were 23 and 33 points above the state, respectively. Tripp School had the lowest all-grades ELA result, 68%, though that was still 11 points above the state; Aptakisic Junior High School had the lowest math result, 67%, still 28 points above the state. The ELA results spanned 12 points across schools, versus 5 points in math. In the direct grade 3 comparison, Earl Pritchett School scored 71% in both subjects, ahead of Tripp by 3 points in ELA and 2 in math. Aptakisic Junior High also had a standout grade 8 science result of 80%, 28 points above the state; Meridian’s grade 5 science result was 74%, 26 points above its state comparison. Because the schools serve different grade spans, all-grades and grade 5-versus-grade 8 comparisons are not like-for-like; the grade 3 comparison is the clearest school-to-school match.

Recent changes were mixed: the group’s average ELA result stayed around 73% from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while its math average rose about 1 point, to 70%; nevertheless, the group’s lead over the state narrowed by 3 points in ELA and 1 in math. Meridian’s ELA rose 4 points, while Earl Pritchett’s fell 3; in math, Earl Pritchett rose 3 points and Tripp fell 3. Class-size context differs: student-teacher ratios range from 11.9 at Earl Pritchett to 14.3 at Meridian. The reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares, from 2021–22, range from 5% at Earl Pritchett to 7% at Tripp; these are contextual observations, not explanations for score differences.