Summary:
Zip code 62644 has three schools serving kindergarten through grade 12: New Central Elementary School (K–4), Havana Junior High School (grades 5–8) and Havana High School (grades 9–12). They enroll 819 students altogether and belong to Havana CUSD 126. The most important takeaway is that no school leads across every subject: New Central stands out in math, Havana Junior High in English, while Havana High has sizable gaps below the state in tested math and science.
Among the two schools with all-grades IAR results, Havana Junior High leads in ELA with 57% proficient, 4 points above New Central at 54%; it is 1 point above the state, while New Central is 3 points below. In math, New Central leads with 46%, 10 points above the junior high’s 36%; its result is 6 points above the state, while the junior high is 3 points below. Havana High is lowest relative to the state on the cited high-school measures: 10th-grade PreACT math is 23%, 14 points below, and 11th-grade ACT science is 27%, 21 points below. SchoolDigger ranks the junior high highest at the 55th percentile with 3 stars; New Central is at the 49th percentile with 2 stars, and Havana High at the 39th with 2 stars.
Recent changes show both gains and setbacks. New Central improved 8 points in all-grades ELA and 9 in math from 2024–25 to 2025–26; Havana Junior High gained 5 points in math, while its ELA was nearly unchanged. The high school’s 10th-grade PreACT scores rose 11 points in ELA, 12 in math and 15 in science, though they remained below state results. In contrast, junior-high science scores fell 12 points at both tested grades. In 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 56% at New Central, 52% at the junior high and 47% at the high school; student-teacher ratios were 12.0, 13.8 and 11.4, respectively. These are context, not explanations for achievement.
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