Schools in Zip Code 62312

ZIP code 62312 has two schools in Western Barry Elementary (K–5) and Western High School (grades 9–12), both part of Western CUSD 12, with 366 students combined and no middle school listed. The schools’ results are uneven by grade and subject, but the clearest overall finding is that both have notable results above state rates: Barry in its all-grades elementary results and Western High in grade 11 ELA and science.

Western Barry is above the state in 2025–2026 all-grades IAR ELA (64% versus 56%, an 8-point advantage) and math (45% versus 40%, a 6-point advantage); its grade 5 ELA result is especially strong, at 79% versus 55%. Its clearest weak spot is grade 4 math: 32% proficiency, 11 points below the state. Western High stands out in grade 11 ACT ELA (64%, 14 points above the state) and science (60%, 12 points above); ACT math is essentially level with the state (40% versus 39.8%, 0.2 points higher). Its PreACT results are more mixed, including grade 9 ELA 9 points below the state and grade 10 math 8 points below. Because the schools serve different grades and have different test results, these are not direct head-to-head scores.

Most matched school-and-test comparisons improved relative to state results between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026: 10 of 11 did, with Western High’s grade 11 ACT math the exception. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking for Western High rose from 26 to 64 over those years, while Barry’s moved from 57 to 58 after dipping to 46. Other context is similar: in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible was 62% at each school, and student–teacher ratios were 12.3 at Barry and 10.6 at the high school. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was lower at Barry (19%) than at Western High (26%), despite Western High’s strong ACT ELA and science results.