Waverly CUSD 6

Waverly CUSD 6 serves 329 students in two schools covering prekindergarten through grade 12: Waverly Elementary School (PK–6, 182 students) and Waverly Junior/Senior High School (grades 7–12, 147 students). The clearest shared academic challenge is math: in 2025–2026, elementary reported 19% proficient and the high school 18%, compared with 40% statewide—about 21 points below the state at each school.

The high school stands out in reported All Grades ELA, with 48% proficient in 2025–2026 versus 22% at elementary; the high school was 9 points below the state, while elementary was 34 points below. These All Grades figures cover different tested grade bands, so they are not a same-grade comparison. Within the high school, results varied by grade: 10th-grade PreACT Secure ELA was 67%, 13 points above the state, while 9th grade was 42%, 20 points below. The high school also reported a 94% graduation rate, 4 points above the state, alongside chronic absenteeism of 25%, 2 points above the state.

Recent results and SchoolDigger rankings show different directions for the two schools. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, high-school All Grades ELA rose 24 points, from 23% to 48%, while elementary ELA fell 5 points, from 28% to 22%; math rose at both schools. SchoolDigger’s ranking history moved from the 27th to the 53rd percentile for the high school, while elementary went from the 23rd to the 17th percentile over the years shown. As context, in 2024–2025 the student-teacher ratios were 17.5 at the high school and 12.1 at elementary; both reported free/reduced lunch eligible, 45% and 51%, respectively.