Summary:
ZIP code 61353 has two schools in Paw Paw CUSD 271: Paw Paw Elementary School serves kindergarten through grade 5 and enrolls 87 students, while Paw Paw Junior High School serves grades 6–8 and enrolls 42. Both schools had lower all-grades ELA results relative to the state in 2025–2026 than in 2024–2025: together, their average moved from 2 points above the state benchmark to 6 points below it, a 9-point shift in their position relative to the state. Because the schools serve different grades, this average is a broad area summary, not a like-for-like school comparison.
Paw Paw Elementary stands out in several 2025–2026 tested grades: fourth-grade ELA was 60%, 4 points above the state, fifth-grade ELA was 71%, 17 points above, and fourth-grade math was 50%, 8 points above. Its all-grades ELA result was lower, at 53% versus 56% statewide, while all-grades math was 41% versus 40% statewide. Paw Paw Junior High’s standout was eighth-grade science in 2024–2025: 58% proficiency, 13 points above the state. Its latest all-grades ELA was 47% versus 56% statewide; its current all-grades math result is suppressed.
Rankings and attendance provide additional context: SchoolDigger placed the elementary at the 63rd percentile in 2025–2026, up from the 37th percentile in 2023–2024; the junior high rose from the 35th percentile in 2021–2022 to the 61st in 2022–2023, then stood at the 52nd in 2024–2025. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was below the state’s 23.5% at both schools: 6% at the elementary and 9% at the junior high. The 2024–2025 student-teacher ratios were 9.1 and 7.3, respectively. That year, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 33% at the elementary and 52% at the junior high; these are contextual figures, not explanations for school results.
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