Summary:
Zip code 61537 has two schools in Henry-Senachwine CUSD 5: Henry-Senachwine Grade School, serving prekindergarten through grade 8, and Henry-Senachwine High School, serving grades 9–12. The results show strengths and challenges by subject and grade, rather than one school being stronger across the board. The clearest finding is that grade-school science was above state results, while its overall ELA and math results were below them.
The grade school’s science results were its standout: in 2025–26, grade 5 proficiency was 57% versus 48% statewide, and grade 8 was 61% versus 52%. Its all-grades ELA was 45% versus 56% statewide, and math was 27% versus 40%. At the high school, grade 9 science was a strong result at 58% versus 47% statewide; grade 9 ELA and grade 11 ELA were also above state rates, by 4 and 5 points. The clearest low result was grade 10 science, at 30% versus 48% statewide; math was also below state rates in grades 9 and 11. Because the schools serve different grades and use different tests, their results are best understood against state rates, not as a direct school-to-school comparison.
Recent results are mixed: grade 9 high-school proficiency rose in all three subjects from 2024–25 to 2025–26, including ELA from 51% to 66% and math from 21% to 37%. Grade-school ELA fell from 47% to 45%, while math rose from 23% to 27%. SchoolDigger’s 2025–26 ratings were 3 stars for the high school and 1 star for the grade school; its rank-history percentiles rose from 24 to 56 for the high school and fell from 38 to 30 for the grade school. The high school was smaller, with 147 students and an 8.3 student-teacher ratio, compared with 387 students and a 13.4 ratio at the grade school. Both reported free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–25: 47% at the high school and 51% at the grade school. Chronic absenteeism was below the state rate at both schools; the high school graduation rate was 85%, compared with 90% statewide.
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