Summary:
Zip code 62281 has one elementary school, St Jacob Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 5 with 262 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grades proficiency was 69% in English language arts (ELA) and 55% in math, compared with 56% and 40% statewide; it was also slightly above Triad CUSD 2 in both subjects. The most important finding is that St Jacob remains well above state proficiency in ELA and math, even though its scores fell in the latest year.
Because St Jacob is the only school listed, it is both the area’s highest and lowest by default, so there is no meaningful school-to-school ranking. Within the school, grade 4 stands out: ELA proficiency was 85%, 30 percentage points above the state and 14 points above the district; math was 61%, 19 points above the state and 8 points above the district. Grade 5 ELA is a relative weak spot: 62% proficiency was 7 points above the state but 9 points below the district. These grade-level differences show why the all-grades figures alone do not capture the school’s varied results.
ELA and math proficiency each declined 4 percentage points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while state results rose 3 points in ELA and 1 point in math, narrowing St Jacob’s leads. Grade 5 science moved in the opposite direction, rising 7 points to 64%; its state advantage stayed about the same, at 17 points. SchoolDigger ranked St Jacob 498th of 1,737 schools, in the 71st percentile, with 4 stars for 2025–2026; it ranked in the 83rd percentile with 4 stars in each of the prior two years. Chronic absenteeism was 3%, compared with 5% districtwide and 24% statewide. For context, in 2024–2025 the student–teacher ratio was 15.6 and 17% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible; these are observations, not explanations for the results.
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