Summary:
Zip code 62690 has two schools in North Mac CUSD 34: North Mac High School, serving grades 9–12, and North Mac Elementary, serving PK–2. Together they enroll 703 students. The elementary school has lower chronic absenteeism, while the high school has the only reported test results; the data do not allow a direct academic comparison between the schools. Most importantly, the high school’s latest reported results are below state results in all seven test and grade combinations with a reported score, by about 8 to 25 percentage points.
North Mac Elementary stands out for lower chronic absenteeism: 21% of students were chronically absent in 2025–26, compared with 27% at North Mac High School, a 5-point difference. The elementary rate was 2 points below the state rate, while the high school rate was 3 points above it. Among the high school’s reported results, the largest shortfall was in grade 10 PreACT science, at 25 points below the state; its smallest was in grade 11 ACT science, at 8 points below.
Recent results show some improvement alongside clear exceptions. Across six grade 10 and 11 test results available in both years, the high school’s average proficient share rose from 30% in 2024–25 to 31% in 2025–26, and its average gap to the state narrowed by 2 points; four of the six gaps narrowed, while two widened. Grade 11 ACT English fell by 8 points, even as grade 10 PreACT math rose by 10. SchoolDigger’s high-school ranking also declined, from the 56th percentile in 2023–24 to the 22nd in 2025–26. The schools report similar free/reduced lunch eligibility in 2024–25—53% at the high school and 54% at the elementary school—but differ in other measures: the elementary student–teacher ratio was 12.9 versus 16.7 at the high school, and spending per student was $15,608 versus $11,207.
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