Summary:
ZIP code 62465 has two schools in Stewardson-Strasburg CUD 5A, serving students from prekindergarten through grade 12: Stewardson-Strasburg Elementary School enrolls 290 students in PK–8, and Stewardson-Strasburg High School enrolls 143 students in grades 9–12. The clearest positive is that both schools’ headline results are above state levels: elementary all-grades proficiency is 15 percentage points higher in ELA and 17 points higher in math, while the high school’s grade 11 ACT results are 12–20 points higher across its three reported subjects.
The elementary school’s overall results are strong, though grade-level performance varies: its grade 4 results lead the state by 32 points in ELA and 41 in math, while grade 7 ELA is 1 point below the state and grade 7 math is 4 points above. The high school stands out for its 100% graduation rate, compared with 90% statewide, and its grade 11 ACT results: 62% in ELA, 60% in math, and 62% in science. Its weaker reported results include grade 10 PreACT ELA, 11 points below the state, and grade 9 PreACT science, 5 points below. The schools serve different grades and take different tests, so their proficiency rates are not a like-for-like school-to-school ranking.
Elementary all-grades results rose from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA increased 9 points and math 6 points, widening its advantage over the state by about 5 points in each subject. High school ACT results also improved, but PreACT trends were mixed: grade 10 ELA fell 11 points and grade 9 science fell 10, while grade 9 math rose 19. SchoolDigger’s ranking history improved for both schools: the elementary school moved from the 68th to the 80th percentile and from three stars to four; the high school rose from the 70th to the 74th percentile and held four stars. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students were 39% at the elementary school and 36% at the high school; student–teacher ratios were 14:1 and 12.5:1, respectively.
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