Summary:
Zip code 62249 has five public schools serving 2,574 students, from elementary through high school. The clearest school-to-school difference is in grades 4 and 5: Grantfork Upper Elementary School led Highland Elementary School in every directly comparable subject in 2025–2026, with gaps of 19 to 47 percentage points. This wide split means area-wide averages would hide important differences between schools.
Grantfork Upper Elementary School stands out: it had 91% proficiency in grade 4 ELA versus 58% at Highland Elementary School, and 85% versus 39% in grade 4 math. In grade 5, Grantfork scored 95% in ELA, 80% in math and 85% in science, leading Highland Elementary by 32, 32 and 19 points, respectively. Highland Middle School also performed above state proficiency rates in all-grades ELA and math, by 13 and 8 points, and in grade 8 science, by 15 points. Among reportable elementary results, Highland Elementary’s grade 4 math was a relative weak spot: 39%, compared with 42% statewide. Highland High School had a 97% graduation rate and grade 11 ACT results above the state in ELA, math and science. Highland Primary School has no reportable ELA or math proficiency percentages because the state suppressed them.
Results have changed unevenly: all-grades ELA rose 9 points at Highland Middle School, while it fell 14 points at Grantfork Upper Elementary School and 5 points at Highland Elementary School; at Highland High School, ACT ELA declined 12 points, though grade 10 PreACT science rose 13. SchoolDigger placed Grantfork in the 87th percentile, Highland Middle and Highland High in the 71st, and Highland Elementary in the 59th in 2025–2026. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 18% at Grantfork to 35% at Highland Primary; student-teacher ratios ranged from 11.1 at Highland Primary to 15 at Highland High. Grantfork’s small enrollment of 66 is useful context when considering its results.
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