Summary:
Zip code 61531 has one listed high school, Farmington Central High School, serving grades 9–12 with 383 students. Its 2025–2026 graduation rate was 88%, compared with 90% statewide, while chronic absenteeism was 23%, versus 24% statewide. Because there is only one school in the list, there is no school-to-school comparison; the most important finding is that its overall test results were close to, but slightly below, the state average.
Farmington Central’s strongest result was ninth-grade ELA: 72% proficient in 2025–2026, compared with 62% statewide, a 10-point lead. It was also above the state in 11th-grade science, at 50% versus 48%, a 2-point advantage. Its clearest shortfall was 11th-grade math, where 33% were proficient compared with 40% statewide, a 7-point gap. Math was below the state in all three reported grades, averaging 4 points below across those results; no other school in the ZIP code is available to identify as a local top or bottom performer.
Results improved overall, though gains varied by grade and subject. Across the same nine test results, Farmington Central’s average rose from 44% in 2024–2025 to 46% in 2025–2026, while the state average moved from 48% to 47%; the school’s average gap narrowed by 3 points. Ninth-grade ELA and 11th-grade science each gained 12 points, but ninth-grade science fell 12 points. SchoolDigger’s rating rose from 2 stars and the 37th percentile in 2023–2024 to 3 stars and the 57th percentile in 2025–2026, after reaching the 60th percentile in 2024–2025. The student–teacher ratio was 14.2 in 2024–2025, and 38% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that school year; these are context measures, not explanations for results.
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