High Mount School District 116

High Mount School District 116 has one listed school, High Mount Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 8, so families have no other school in this list to compare it with. In 2025–2026, the school’s all-grade ELA proficiency was 51%, close to the state’s 56%, while math was 22% compared with 40% statewide. The most important concern is math: its state gap was 18 percentage points, much wider than the 5-point ELA gap.

Within the school, upper-grade ELA stands out, while third-grade ELA is the clearest weak spot. In 2025–2026, eighth-grade ELA proficiency was 77%, 14 points above the state’s 63%; seventh grade was 70%, 13 points above the state’s 58%. By contrast, third-grade ELA was 24%, 24 points below the state’s 48%, and fifth-grade ELA was 38%, 17 points below the state’s 55%. These grade-level differences show why the all-grade average does not tell the whole story. The school is both the top and bottom of this one-school list, but that reflects the list’s size, not a meaningful comparison with local peers.

Math and fifth-grade science improved year to year, though both remained below state results. Math rose from 15% in 2024–2025 to 22% in 2025–2026, and its state gap narrowed by 6 points; fifth-grade science rose from 13% to 31%, narrowing its gap by 12 points. ELA edged up, but its gap with the state widened by 3 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking history was 31st percentile in 2023–2024, 32nd in 2024–2025, and 21st in 2025–2026. Other context: chronic absenteeism was 21%, 3 points below the state; the 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 10.4:1, and 68% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. These figures offer context, not a basis for comparing schools in the district.