Summary:
ZIP code 62363 has one middle school, Pikeland Community School, serving grades 3–8 and enrolling 491 students. Because it is the only school listed, there is no meaningful school-to-school comparison in the ZIP code. In 2025–2026, Pikeland’s all-grades proficiency was 39% in ELA and 17% in math, compared with 56% and 40% statewide; the most important finding is that results improved from the prior year but remained below state levels in both subjects.
Within Pikeland, fourth-grade ELA stands out as the strongest grade-level result relative to the state, while eighth-grade ELA is the weakest. Fourth graders were 47% proficient versus 56% statewide, a 9-point gap; eighth graders were 23% versus 63%, a 40-point gap, and their result was 24 points below fourth grade’s. Across all grades, the school’s math gap was wider than its ELA gap in 2025–2026: 23 points in math versus 17 points in ELA. These grade and subject differences are more useful than naming a local “top” or “bottom” school, since Pikeland is the only one in the list.
Results rose from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 in both subjects, and Pikeland gained ground relative to the state: ELA increased from 27% to 39%, narrowing its state gap by 9 points, while math rose from 11% to 17%, narrowing its gap by 5 points. Grade 5 science also improved by 7 points, to 31%, but its state gap remained 16 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking moved down from the 20th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 9th in 2025–2026, despite the latest ELA and math gains. As context, the school had a 16.5 student–teacher ratio in 2024–2025 and 56% free/reduced lunch eligible that school year; chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was 21%, below the state’s 24% and the district’s 25%.
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