Summary:
Zip code 62088 has three schools in Staunton CUSD 6, serving students from prekindergarten through grade 12: Staunton Elementary School has 541 students, Staunton Junior High School has 240, and Staunton High School has 384. The clearest shared academic strength is IAR English language arts: in 2025–2026, both elementary and junior high scored well above the state, by 15 and 21 percentage points, respectively.
The junior high stands out in IAR English, with 78% proficient compared with 71% at the elementary school—a 7-point difference. In math, the elementary school leads: 57% were proficient, versus 42% at the junior high, a 15-point gap. Both schools exceeded the state in math, but the elementary result was 17 points above it while junior high was only 2 points above. The high school’s results vary by grade and subject: grade 9 PreACT Secure science was 62%, 14 points above the state, while grade 11 ACT science was 37%, 11 points below. Because the schools cover different grades and the high school uses different assessments, not all results are direct school-to-school comparisons.
Both IAR schools improved their position relative to the state from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, especially in elementary math, where the state advantage grew by 6 points; junior high math’s advantage grew by 1 point. SchoolDigger rankings rose steadily for the elementary school, from the 72nd to the 75th percentile over three years; junior high went from the 77th to the 73rd percentile, while the high school rose from the 53rd to the 60th after reaching 72nd in between. As context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 49% at the elementary school, 40% at junior high and 35% at the high school. Student-teacher ratios that year were 15.2 at the elementary school, 13.6 at junior high and 15.3 at the high school.
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