Summary:
Zip code 62895 has two schools in Wayne City CUSD 100: Wayne City Attendance Center, serving PK–8, and Wayne City High School, serving grades 9–12. The schools enroll 342 and 135 students, respectively, and both report much lower chronic absenteeism than the state: 9.4% and 9.1%, compared with 23.5% statewide in 2025–2026. The clearest standout is the Attendance Center’s above-state performance across its all-grades 2025–2026 IAR results, especially in math.
The Attendance Center is the stronger standout against state results: 57% of students met the math benchmark versus 40% statewide, an 18-point advantage, and 64% met the ELA benchmark versus 56% statewide, an 8-point advantage. The high school’s results are more mixed: its three listed math results averaged 3 points above state results, while its ELA average was 7 points below and science average 5 points below. For example, grade-10 PreACT math was 14 points above the state, while grade-9 PreACT math was 8 points below. The schools take different tests in different grades, so their scores do not support a direct school-to-school ranking.
Recent trends are mixed: the Attendance Center’s math lead over the state grew by about 5 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while its ELA lead narrowed by 5 points. At the high school, average gaps versus the state moved downward in ELA, math, and science. SchoolDigger’s rankings also fell: the Attendance Center went from the 79th to the 61st percentile, and the high school from the 78th to the 52nd; both moved from four stars to three. The Attendance Center has a higher student-teacher ratio (13.6 versus 9.2) and a higher share of students eligible for free/reduced lunch (46% versus 34%, 2024–2025). These are useful context figures, not explanations for the different results.
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