Schools in Zip Code 62573

Zip code 62573 has three schools in Warrensburg-Latham CUSD 11, serving students from prekindergarten through grade 12: Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School (475 students), Warrensburg-Latham Middle School (203) and Warrensburg-Latham High School (336). Together they enroll 1,014 students. The strongest concern in the reported results is high-school ACT math: 22% of 11th graders were proficient, 18 percentage points below the state.

The middle school stands out in ELA, with 73% proficient across grades 6–8 in 2025–26, 16 points above the state; it also exceeded state results in each of those grades. The elementary school leads in math: 55% were proficient, 15 points above the state, with results above state in grades 3, 4 and 5. The high school’s results are less consistent: ACT ELA was 1 point above state, while ACT science was 8 points below. Middle-school math was 4 points above state overall, but grade 7 math was 7 points below, a weaker spot hidden by the all-grades result.

Recent trends differ by school and assessment. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, the elementary school’s leads over the state narrowed by 8 points in ELA and 4 in math; the middle school’s ELA lead narrowed by 9 points, while its math result improved from slightly below state to 4 points above. High-school PreACT Secure results improved relative to state in all six grade-and-subject comparisons, but ACT math and science fell further behind. SchoolDigger rankings also declined from 2023–24 to 2025–26: the elementary school went from the 77th to the 61st percentile, the middle school from the 76th to the 68th, and the high school from the 59th to the 53rd. Student-teacher ratios are 16.1 at the elementary school, 13.7 at the middle school and 17.7 at the high school. In 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 52%, 52% and 39%, respectively; these figures provide context, not an explanation of school results.