Summary:
Zip code 62278 has two schools in Red Bud CUSD 132: Red Bud Elementary School, serving pre-K through grade 8, and Red Bud High School, serving grades 9–12. The clearest contrast is that elementary math results are below the state in most tested grades, while the high school’s grade-11 ACT math result is notably above it.
Red Bud High School stands out on the current ACT: grade-11 math was 50% versus 40% statewide, a 10-point advantage, and science was 53% versus 48%, 5 points higher; ELA was 47%, 3 points below the state. At Red Bud Elementary School, all-grades ELA was 55% versus 56% statewide, while math was 34% versus 40%, a 6-point shortfall. Third-grade math was a bright spot at 55% versus 49%, 6 points above the state, but math was below the state in five of six grades, with the largest gaps in grades 6 and 5. Elementary science also varied: grade 8 was 55%, 4 points above the state, while grade 5 was 34%, 14 points below. These results do not support a direct school-to-school test-score ranking because the schools serve different grades and take different assessments.
Recent trends also differ: elementary all-grades ELA fell from 62% in 2024–25 to 55% in 2025–26, and its gap relative to the state shifted from 8 points above to 1 point below; its math gap widened from 3 points below to 6 points below. High school ACT results improved relative to the state: ELA’s gap narrowed from 7 points below to 3 points below, while math’s advantage grew from 4 to 10 points. SchoolDigger’s reported percentile for the elementary declined from 68 to 57 to 37 over three years, while the high school moved from 67 to 71 to 68. As context, in 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible was 49% at the elementary and 32% at the high school; student–teacher ratios were similar, at 13.3 and 13.6. In 2025–26, chronic absenteeism was 8% and 10%, respectively, versus 24% statewide, and the high school graduation rate was 100% versus 90% statewide.
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