Summary:
Zip code 62340 has one high school, Griggsville-Perry High School, serving grades 9–12, so families are looking at one local option rather than choosing among nearby high schools. In 2024–2025, the school enrolled 89 students, had a 10.7 student-teacher ratio, and 43% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. Its graduation rate was 84%, compared with 90% statewide, while chronic absenteeism was 27%, versus 24% statewide. The clearest academic strength in the latest results is that the school was above the state in two of three reported test comparisons.
With only one school in the list, there is no local top or bottom school to compare. Within the latest reported results, Griggsville-Perry High School stood out in 11th-grade ACT science: 52% were proficient, compared with 48% statewide, a 4-point advantage. Ninth-grade PreACT Secure English Language Arts was also above the state, at 68% versus 62%, or 7 points higher. The exception was 11th-grade ACT English Language Arts, where 48% were proficient, 2 points below the state’s 50%. The school’s graduation rate was 6 points below the state, and chronic absenteeism was 3 points higher. Because the list contains one school and some test results are suppressed, local school-to-school comparisons are not possible.
Recent results improved in several comparisons, though not across every subject. ACT science proficiency rose from 20% in 2024–2025 to 52% in 2025–2026, a 32-point increase; ninth-grade PreACT Secure English Language Arts rose from 53% to 68%, up 16 points. ACT English Language Arts increased from 40% to 48%, but remained just below the state. SchoolDigger’s ranking also moved up, from the 14th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 38th in 2024–2025 and the 68th in 2025–2026—a 54-point rise from the first entry to the latest. That ranking is a separate measure, not a test-score trend. The school’s 10.7 student-teacher ratio and 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligibility figure offer useful context, but do not explain the results.
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