Summary:
Central CUSD 4 has one elementary school, Chebanse Elementary School, serving 343 students in grades K–4. In 2025–2026, Chebanse’s all-grades English language arts (ELA) proficiency was 50%, below the district’s 58% and the state’s 56%. Its strongest current result is mathematics: 53% proficiency, 13 percentage points above the state’s 40%.
With just one school, there is no within-district comparison of top- and bottom-performing schools. Within Chebanse, results vary by grade: third-grade math is the standout, at 66% proficiency, 17 points above the state; fourth-grade math is essentially level with the state, at 41.9% versus 42.0%. ELA also differs by grade: third grade is 53% versus 48% statewide, while fourth grade is 47% versus 56%. Across all grades, ELA is the weaker current subject: the school’s 50% is 6 points below the state and 8 below the district.
Results declined from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, even as state results rose slightly: Chebanse’s ELA fell from 55% to 50%, and math from 63% to 53%. Its math advantage over the state narrowed from 24 points to 13. SchoolDigger’s standing also fell, from the 72nd percentile and four stars in 2023–2024 and 2024–2025 to the 50th percentile and three stars in 2025–2026. As context, chronic absenteeism was 10.9%, close to the district’s 10.8% and below the state’s 23.5%. The school’s student–teacher ratio was 13.5:1, and 49% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; these figures describe the school, not the cause of its results.
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