Summary:
ZIP code 62230 has three schools serving grades PK–12: Central Community High School (grades 9–12), Breese Elementary School (grades 3–8), and St Rose Elementary School (PK–8). The elementary schools’ 2025–26 all-grades IAR averages are above state levels: 77% in ELA versus 56% statewide, and 53% in math versus 40%. But averages hide a significant exception: Breese’s grade 5 math result is 29%, below the state’s 36%. Overall results are favorable, but families should weigh the specific grade and subject most relevant to their child.
Breese stands out in shared-grade ELA, leading St Rose in four of five grades, including by 14 percentage points in grade 4 and 12 points in grade 8; the schools are nearly even in grade 6, where St Rose is ahead by 0.4 points. St Rose is the clear science standout: in grade 8 it scores 90%, compared with 60% at Breese and 52% statewide. In grade 5 science, St Rose scores 72%, 14 points above Breese. Central’s strongest relative result is grade 10 PreACT math, at 54% versus 36% statewide. Its latest grade 11 ACT ELA result, however, is 48%, about 2 points below the state; Central remains above the state in ACT math and science.
Results have shifted unevenly. Central’s ACT scores fell from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA dropped about 16 percentage points, math 17, and science 10, while its PreACT results varied by grade and subject. At the elementary schools, mean ELA proficiency rose from 72% to 77%, while mean math fell from 56% to 53%; the schools’ average math lead over the state narrowed from 17 to 14 points. SchoolDigger ranks all three schools at the 82nd percentile statewide. In 2024–25, student–teacher ratios were 14.9 at Central, 16.2 at Breese, and 12.8 at St Rose; free/reduced lunch eligible rates were 20%, 35%, and 15%, respectively. These are contextual measures, not explanations for test results, and year-to-year scores reflect different student cohorts.
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