Summary:
ZIP code 62859 has two schools serving kindergarten through grade 12: East Side Elementary School (K–6) and Hamilton County Junior/Senior High School (grades 7–12), both in Hamilton County CUSD 10. In 2025–26 all-grades IAR results, both schools were above the state in ELA: 69% at Hamilton County and 62% at East Side, compared with 56% statewide. In math, Hamilton County was about at the 40% state level, while East Side had 35% compared with 40% statewide. The clearest area-wide finding is that ELA results are stronger relative to the state than math results.
Hamilton County Junior/Senior High School leads the two-school comparison in both subjects, by 7 percentage points in ELA and 5 points in math. However, its grade-level results vary: 7th-grade ELA was 79%, 22 points above the state, while 10th-grade PreACT ELA was 31%, 23 points below. East Side Elementary School also has strong grade-level ELA results: 6th grade reached 79%, 21 points above the state, and 3rd grade was 62%, 14 points above. Its results were weaker in some other grades, including 5th-grade ELA at 46%, 9 points below the state.
Recent trends diverged: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, Hamilton County rose 17 points in ELA and 6 in math, while East Side fell 2 points in ELA and 10 in math. The two-school ELA average increased 8 points, while the math average fell 2 points. SchoolDigger ranked both schools at the 46th percentile statewide in 2025–26. Both had a student-teacher ratio of 14.7 in 2024–25; free/reduced lunch eligible shares that year were 53% at Hamilton County and 54% at East Side. These context figures are observations, not explanations for the different results.
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