Summary:
ZIP code 62275 has one listed school, Pocahontas Center, serving prekindergarten through grade 8 and enrolling 193 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grades proficiency was 71% in English language arts (ELA) and 44% in math, compared with 56% and 40% statewide and 63% and 39% in Bond County CUSD 2. The school was above the state in both subjects, with a 15-point ELA lead and a 5-point math lead; its ELA advantage was 10 points larger. With no other listed school in the ZIP, the most important finding is that this school’s clearest strength relative to state results is ELA.
Within the school, grade 6 ELA stands out, while grade 8 is the notable exception: grade 6 reached 100%, 41 points above the state rate, whereas grade 8 was 58%, 5 points below the state. ELA was also above state rates in grades 3, 4, 5, and 7, by 21, 13, 1, and 27 points, respectively. The reported grade-level math results are strong in grades 3 and 4: 90% and 58%, respectively, versus 49% and 42% statewide. These grade differences show why the all-grades averages do not tell the whole story. SchoolDigger ranks Pocahontas Center 350th of 1,737 statewide for 2025–2026, at the 80th percentile, with 4 stars.
Across the two reported years, ELA remained strong but its lead over the state narrowed: the school’s result was 71.4% in 2024–2025 and 71.2% in 2025–2026, while the state rose from 53% to 56%; the school’s lead narrowed from 18 to 15 points. Math edged up from 43% to 44%, with the school remaining modestly above the state. SchoolDigger’s percentile rose from 72 in 2023–2024 to 84 in 2024–2025, then eased to 80 in 2025–2026. Other context: chronic absenteeism was 13% in 2025–2026, below the state’s 24%; in 2024–2025, 54% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible and the student–teacher ratio was 10.6. Because only one school is listed, these figures cannot support a comparison among schools in the ZIP.
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