Summary:
ZIP code 62854 has two schools serving prekindergarten through grade 8: South Central Elementary-Kinmundy (PK–5, 269 students) and South Central Middle School (grades 6–8, 140 students). The most important finding is that both schools’ 2025–2026 all-grades results were below state results in ELA and math: the elementary school was 17 percentage points below in ELA and 14 below in math, while the middle school was 14 below in ELA and 22 below in math.
The schools stand out in different subjects: the middle school led in all-grades ELA, with 42% proficient compared with 39% at the elementary school, while the elementary school led in math, with 25% compared with 17% at the middle school. For grade-level ELA, elementary third grade was closest to the state, at 40% versus 48% statewide, an 8-point gap; middle-school eighth grade was also relatively close, at 54% versus 63%, a 9-point gap. Middle-school sixth-grade ELA was furthest behind, at 35% versus 59% statewide, a 24-point gap. Because the schools serve different grade spans, their all-grades results are broad summaries, not same-grade comparisons.
Recent results show a mixed picture: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, middle-school ELA rose 15 points, from 27% to 42%, while elementary ELA fell 4 points, from 43% to 39%; elementary math fell 7 points, from 32% to 25%. Science also moved in opposite directions: elementary fifth-grade results rose 4 points, while middle-school eighth-grade results fell 9. Both schools had lower chronic absenteeism than the state in 2025–2026: 11% at the elementary school and 13% at the middle school, compared with 24% statewide. In 2024–2025, student-teacher ratios were 11.6 and 10.4, respectively, and free/reduced lunch eligible rates were 60% and 56%. SchoolDigger gives the elementary school a rank of 1,402 of 1,737 (19th percentile, one star) and the middle school a rank of 936 of 1,126 (17th percentile, one star).
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