Summary:
ZIP code 62681 has three public schools serving kindergarten through grade 12 and enrolling 730 students: Webster Elementary School (K–4), Schuyler Industry Middle School (grades 5–8), and Rushville-Industry High School (grades 9–12). Results are below state benchmarks in many subjects: for example, the high school’s ACT proficiency rates were 38% in ELA, 23% in math, and 36% in science, each below the state. The most important concern is middle-school ELA, where eighth-grade proficiency was 19%, 44 percentage points below the state.
Webster leads the two schools reporting all-grades IAR results: its 2025–2026 ELA proficiency was 40%, compared with 29% at Schuyler Industry Middle, and its math result was 30% versus 23%. The middle school’s all-grades results are lowest of the two, with especially weak eighth-grade ELA; however, its fifth-grade science result was a bright spot at 50%, 3 points above the state. The high school’s reported ACT results were also below state results, by 12 points in ELA, 17 in math, and 12 in science. Because the schools serve different grades and the high school uses different tests, these are not fully like-for-like comparisons.
Recent changes offer a mixed picture, with more results moving farther from state benchmarks than closer to them: 11 of 14 comparable results widened their state gap, by about 1 point on average. Webster’s all-grades ELA rose 2 points from the prior year, but its math fell 10 points, shifting from 2 points above the state to 9 below. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 statewide rankings place Webster at the 20th percentile, the middle school at the 11th, and the high school at the 23rd; Webster’s ranking was 52nd percentile in 2023–2024. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students made up 67% at Webster, 56% at the middle school, and 48% at the high school. Webster also had the highest student-teacher ratio, 16.6, compared with 13.6 and 12.3; these are useful context, not explanations for test results.
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