Summary:
Zip code 62230 has one high school, Central Community High School in Breese, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 629 students. With no other high school in the list, families can compare its results with state figures but not with another local school. Most importantly, in 2025–2026, the school was above state results in eight of its nine reported test comparisons.
Central Community High School is both the highest- and lowest-performing school in this list by default, so that is not a meaningful peer ranking. Its strongest pattern is in the ninth- and tenth-grade PreACT Secure results: all six subject results were above the state, including tenth-grade math at 54% versus 36% (17 points higher) and ninth-grade science at 63% versus 47% (16 points higher). The exception was 11th-grade ACT English Language Arts: 48% versus 50%, about 2 points below the state. Other outcomes were positive too: the 2025–2026 graduation rate was 99% versus 90% statewide, while chronic absenteeism was 9% versus 24%.
Recent results show a notable contrast between grades: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the school’s 11th-grade ACT scores fell by 16 points in English Language Arts, 17 in math, and 10 in science. Its average ACT advantage over the state narrowed from 16 points to 3 points, though two of the three latest ACT results remained above state levels. PreACT changes were mixed: the ninth-grade math advantage narrowed from 24 to 15 points, while the tenth-grade English Language Arts advantage grew from 10 to 16 points. For additional context, SchoolDigger ranks Central CHSD 71 115th out of 738 districts, at the 84th percentile, with four stars. The school reported a 14.9 student–teacher ratio and 20% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; these are context, not explanations for results.
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