Schools in Zip Code 62844

Zip code 62844 has two schools in Grayville Junior Senior High School (grades 6–12) and Wells Elementary School (PK–5), both in Grayville CUSD 1. Their 2025–2026 all-grades results show a clear subject split: Grayville Junior Senior High was stronger in ELA, while Wells was stronger in math. The key takeaway is that neither school leads across both subjects.

Grayville Junior Senior High stands out in ELA, with 66% of students meeting expectations, 10 percentage points above the state and 11 points above Wells. But it had the lower all-grades math result: 27%, 12 points below the state and 16 points below Wells. Wells led in math at 44%, 4 points above the state; its ELA result was 56%, about 1 point below the state. Grade-level results add nuance: Grayville Junior Senior High was above the state in grade 6 and grade 8 ELA but below it in grade 7, while Wells’ grade 4 results were close to state levels in both subjects.

Results moved in opposite directions at the two schools from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: Grayville Junior Senior High gained 13 points in ELA and 10 in math, while Wells fell 3 points in ELA and 6 in math. SchoolDigger’s 2024–2025 ratings were 2 stars for Grayville Junior Senior High (44th percentile) and 4 stars for Wells (71st percentile). Their student–teacher ratios were similar—11.5 and 11.4. As context, in 2024–2025, 54% of Grayville Junior Senior High students and 69% of Wells students were free/reduced lunch eligible; these figures describe the schools but do not explain their results.