Summary:
Red Bud CUSD 132 has two schools spanning PK–12: Red Bud Elementary School serves PK–8, and Red Bud High School serves grades 9–12. Since they serve different grades, their test scores are best understood by comparing each school with state results, not by ranking the schools against each other. The clearest finding is that the high school is above state proficiency in most reported comparisons, while elementary math is the district’s clearest academic concern: its all-grades result is 6 points below the state.
Red Bud High School stands out positively: its 11th-grade ACT math is 10 points above the state and science is 5 points above, while its 9th-grade PreACT results are 5–6 points above state rates across all three subjects. Its reported graduation rate is 100%, compared with 90% statewide. Exceptions include 11th-grade ACT ELA, 3 points below the state, and 10th-grade PreACT math, 3 points below. At Red Bud Elementary School, all-grades ELA is close to the state rate, just 1 point below, but math is 6 points below. Grade-level results are mixed: 6th-grade ELA is 5 points above the state, while 7th-grade ELA is 10 points below; 3rd-grade math is 6 points above, but math in most other tested grades trails the state.
Recent trends reinforce that contrast. Red Bud Elementary School’s SchoolDigger statewide percentile rank fell from 68th in 2023–24 to 37th in 2025–26, while Red Bud High School remained comparatively steady, moving from 67th to 68th. The elementary school’s all-grades ELA fell 6 points year over year, and its math fell 2; by contrast, high-school ACT results improved in all three subjects. The schools have similar student–teacher ratios—13.3 and 13.6. In 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 49% at the elementary school and 32% at the high school; these are contextual differences, not explanations for achievement.
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