Warsaw CUSD 316

Warsaw CUSD 316 has two listed schools serving prekindergarten through grade 6 and grades 9–12, with 398 students combined. Warsaw Elementary School enrolls 213 students, and Warsaw Senior High School enrolls 185. The clearest overall finding is that results vary substantially by subject: elementary fifth-grade science is a standout, while the elementary school’s all-grade ELA and math and the high school’s latest ACT ELA and science are below state results.

Warsaw Elementary stands out in fifth-grade science, where 70% were proficient in 2025–26, 23 percentage points above the state’s 48%; fifth-grade ELA was also higher, at 59% versus 55%. The high school’s strongest current results are in ninth-grade PreACT Secure: science was 67% versus 47% statewide, with ELA and math also above state levels. At the lower end, elementary all-grade IAR proficiency was 42% in ELA and 26% in math, compared with 56% and 40% statewide. High school ACT science was 35% versus 48% statewide, and ACT ELA was 45% versus 50%. Because the schools serve different grades and have different assessment results, these figures do not support a direct overall ranking of the two schools.

Results changed unevenly: elementary fifth-grade science rose 27 percentage points from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while ninth-grade PreACT results improved in all three subjects; the latest ACT results fell 15 points in ELA and 27 points in science, while math rose 8 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking moved from the 34th to the 52nd percentile for the elementary school and from the 69th to the 66th for the high school. For context, in 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible students made up 39% at the elementary school and 36% at the high school; student-teacher ratios were 10.5 and 12, respectively. In 2025–26, chronic absenteeism was 16% at the elementary school and 3% at the high school; the high school also reported a 100% graduation rate, compared with 90% statewide.