Summary:
Zip code 62433 includes two schools in Hutsonville CUSD 1, serving PK–8 and grades 9–12, with 267 students combined. The schools have different grade spans and assessments, so their results do not support a single overall achievement ranking. The clearest shared strength in the available state comparisons is science: both schools have notable results above state levels in the grades reported.
Hutsonville Elementary and Junior High School stands out in science: fifth-grade proficiency was 81% versus 48% statewide, and eighth-grade proficiency was 73% versus 52%. Its eighth-grade ELA result was also strong at 87%, 24 points above the state. Hutsonville High School exceeded state proficiency in all three reported ninth-grade PreACT Secure subjects: by 12 points in ELA, 16 in math, and 27 in science. SchoolDigger ranks the high school 56th of 620 schools, at the 91st percentile with five stars; the elementary/junior high is 648th of 1,737, at the 63rd percentile with three stars. The weaker signals are the elementary/junior high’s all-grades math result—34% versus 40% statewide—and the high school’s 26% chronic absenteeism, above the state’s 24%.
Results have shifted in different directions by subject and grade. At the elementary/junior high, all-grades ELA rose from 38% to 54% between 2024–25 and 2025–26, while math fell from 43% to 34%; fifth-grade science rose 31 points, but eighth-grade science dipped 4 points and remained above the state. The high school’s ninth-grade results also improved substantially year over year, including a 31-point rise in science proficiency. As context, in 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible students were 52% at the elementary/junior high and 49% at the high school; student-teacher ratios were 9 and 6.4, respectively. The high school also had a 92% graduation rate, alongside its higher absenteeism.
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