North Clay CUSD 25

North Clay CUSD 25 has two schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: North Clay Elementary/Junior High School (PK–8, 379 students) and North Clay Community High School (grades 9–12, 178 students), with 557 students combined. The clearest overall pattern is that the elementary/junior high is near the state in all-grades ELA (56.7% versus 56.3%) but below in math (37% versus 40%), while every reportable high-school proficiency result is below the state.

North Clay Elementary/Junior High School stands out in grade 5 ELA: 81% proficient, 26 points above the state; grade 3 ELA was also strong at 65%, 17 points above. Its grade 5 and grade 8 science results were 6 and 4 points above state levels. Results vary by grade, however: grade 6 ELA was 41%, 18 points below the state, and grade 7 was 40%, 18 points below. At North Clay Community High School, the smallest reported gap was grade 11 ACT science, 43% versus 48% statewide (5 points below); the largest was grade 10 PreACT Secure ELA, 33% versus 54% (21 points below).

Elementary/junior high results improved in several year-to-year comparisons: all-grades ELA rose from 43% to 57%, and grade 5 science from 24% to 53%; grade 5 science moved from 17 points below the state to 6 points above. High-school science also improved, including grade 11 ACT science rising from 29% to 43%, though it remains below the state; grade 9 ELA went the other way, falling from 55% to 46%. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rose from 40 to 50 for the elementary/junior high between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026, while the high school’s fell from 30 to 25. Attendance also differs: chronic absenteeism was 10% at the elementary/junior high and 21% at the high school in 2025–2026, despite similar student-teacher ratios of 11.1 and 11.0. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible was 37% and 44%, respectively; these figures describe context, not a cause of school results.