Summary:
Zip code 61776 has one listed elementary school, Towanda Elementary School, serving grades K–5 and enrolling 193 students. Because it is the only school listed, there is no meaningful school-to-school ranking for the area. The clearest finding is that Towanda’s 2025–2026 results were well above state results in both All Grades IAR subjects and fifth-grade science: 77% in ELA versus 56% statewide, 61% in math versus 40%, and 74% in science versus 48%.
Within Towanda, fourth grade stands out, while third-grade ELA and fifth-grade math are relative low points. Fourth graders scored 88% in ELA and 75% in math, beating their state comparators by 32 and 33 percentage points. Third-grade ELA was 61%, 13 points above the state, and fifth-grade math was 48%, 12 points above. So even the school’s lower results exceeded state results, but the grade-level picture is uneven; there is no separate “top” or “bottom” school in this one-school area.
Results remain strong against the state, but Towanda’s scores and its advantage have fallen since 2024–2025. ELA decreased from 85% to 77%, and math from 70% to 61%; its lead over the state narrowed by about 11 points in each subject. Fifth-grade science fell from 86% to 74%, while the state improved, shrinking Towanda’s advantage by 19 points. SchoolDigger gives Towanda 4 stars and ranks it 315th of 1,737 schools, in the 82nd percentile—below its 95th-percentile standing in 2024–2025 and close to its 83rd percentile in 2023–2024. As additional context, its student–teacher ratio was 14.4 in 2024–2025, and 12% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that school year. Chronic absenteeism was 9% in 2025–2026, compared with 24% statewide.
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