Summary:
ZIP code 62864 has six elementary schools serving grades from K–3 through PK–8, with enrollments ranging from 56 to 562 students. In the latest IAR results, for 2025–2026, the schools’ all-grades proficiency results ranged from 27% to 66% in English language arts (ELA) and 16% to 53% in math. Because the schools serve different grade spans, all-grades results are not perfectly like-for-like. The clearest overall standout is Summersville Grade School, which led the group in both subjects.
Summersville had 66% proficient in ELA and 53% in math—9 and 13 percentage points above the respective state results. At the low end, Dr Nick Osborne Primary Center had 27% in ELA, 30 points below the state, while J L Buford Intermediate Educational Center had 16% in math, 23 points below. A same-grade comparison also shows a wide spread: in fourth-grade math, Summersville’s 65% was 23 points above the state, while Buford’s 11% was 31 points below—a 54-point difference between the schools.
McClellan Elementary School had the largest year-to-year gains: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, its ELA proficiency rose 19 percentage points and its math result rose 16, reaching 60% and 35%. Its ELA result was above the state, but its math result remained below; the school has 56 students and a student-teacher ratio of 8.3. By comparison, Summersville had 283 students and a ratio of 12.2, alongside the top results. The 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible share was 38% at Summersville and 92% at Osborne; Bethel Grade School was 77% and still had higher all-grades results than Osborne in both subjects. These figures provide context, not an explanation for school results.
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