Summary:
Athens CUSD 213 has one elementary school in this list: Cantrall Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 3, with 334 students. Because it is the only school listed, there is no school-to-school comparison; its 2025–2026 all-grades proficiency was above state results in both subjects, with its biggest advantage in math: 63% proficient compared with 40% statewide, a 23-point lead.
Cantrall is both the highest- and lowest-scoring school in this one-school list, so that does not indicate how it compares with other area schools. Its all-grades ELA proficiency was 63%, 6 points above the state but 6 points below the district; in math, it was 63%, 23 points above the state and 12 points above the district. Third-grade results were 63% in both ELA and math, exceeding state results by 15 and 14 points, respectively. Attendance is another strong measure: chronic absenteeism was 6% at Cantrall, compared with 17% in the district and 24% statewide.
Cantrall remained above state proficiency results, but its advantage narrowed from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: its ELA score changed from 63.4% to 62.7%, and its lead over the state shrank by 4 points; in math, its score fell from 76% to 63%, and its state lead narrowed by 15 points. SchoolDigger lists the district—not the school—at rank 268 of 738, in the 64th percentile, with 3 stars. Other context for Cantrall includes a student–teacher ratio of 13.1 in 2024–2025 and 35% free/reduced lunch eligible that school year.
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