Oblong CUSD 4

Oblong CUSD 4 has two schools serving pre-K through grade 12: Oblong Elementary School serves pre-K–8, and Oblong High School serves grades 9–12. The clearest difference in the available results is that Elementary’s performance varies sharply by subject: in 2025–2026, its all-grades ELA proficiency was 56.2%, almost level with the state’s 56.3%, while its all-grades math proficiency was 23.5%, 16 points below the state’s 39.6%. Elementary’s strongest subject-area results were in science, where it exceeded the state in both tested grades. The most important concern in these results is Elementary’s substantial all-grades math gap.

Elementary stands out for science and for ELA in several grades, but its results are not uniformly high: grade-5 science was 65% proficient versus 48% statewide, and grade-8 science was 67% versus 52%; ELA was above the state in grades 4, 5, 6 and 8, but grade 3 was 36% versus 48%. High’s closest 2025–2026 ACT result to the state was grade-11 science, at 46% versus 48%, a 2-point gap; its ACT ELA and math results were further behind. SchoolDigger gives Elementary 2 stars and High 1 star. Because the schools serve different grades and report different tests, their raw proficiency percentages should not be treated as a direct school ranking.

Results improved in some areas, with important exceptions. Elementary’s grade-5 and grade-8 science proficiency rose by 11 and 14 points, respectively, from the prior year, and its all-grades math rose by 6 points but remained 16 points below the state. High’s grade-11 ACT proficiency increased by 9 points in ELA, 22 in math and 17 in science, while its grade-9 and grade-10 PreACT science results fell by 3 and 12 points. SchoolDigger’s reported percentile for Elementary rose from 33 to 45 over three years; High’s went from 52 to 29. In 2024–2025, the student–teacher ratios were 11.7 at Elementary and 9.0 at High, and free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 57% and 45%, respectively. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 23% at Elementary and 30% at High, compared with 24% statewide.