Best Public Schools in Zip Code 62095

ZIP code 62095 has three schools serving kindergarten through grade 12: Lewis-Clark Elementary School (K–5), Lewis-Clark Junior High School (6–8), and East Alton-Wood River High School (9–12); together they enroll 946 students. The picture is mixed: some elementary results are near or above state levels, and the high school’s graduation rate is above the state rate, but high-school ACT proficiency and junior-high science are notable concerns. The clearest area-wide concern is that the high school’s chronic absenteeism is higher than the state rate.

Lewis-Clark Elementary School has the strongest results relative to state figures in some tested areas: fifth-grade ELA was 58%, 3 points above the state, while all-grades math was 36%, 4 points below. Results vary by grade, however: third-grade ELA was 24%, 23 points below the state. At Lewis-Clark Junior High School, all-grades ELA was 47%, 9 points below the state, compared with math at 22%, 18 points below; eighth-grade science was 26%, 26 points below. East Alton-Wood River High School had ACT proficiency of 29% in ELA, 19% in math, and 26% in science—about 21 to 22 points below state figures. Its graduation rate, in contrast, was 96%, 6 points above the state. Chronic absenteeism was 31%, compared with 24% statewide.

Recent trends offer some encouraging signs, alongside clear exceptions. Junior-high all-grades ELA rose 7 points and math rose 3 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while eighth-grade science fell 8 points. At the high school, grade-11 ACT ELA and science fell 12 and 13 points, respectively, even as grade-10 PreACT ELA, math, and science rose by 10, 5, and 4 points. SchoolDigger’s reported percentile rankings declined from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026: 40 to 18 at the high school, 42 to 32 at the elementary school, and 34 to 20 at the junior high. For context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 69% at the high school, 80% at the elementary school, and 73% at the junior high; student–teacher ratios were 16.3, 9.7, and 11.6, respectively. No single score ranking is a fair direct comparison because the schools serve different grades and report different tests.