Summary:
Zip code 62895 has one high school, Wayne City High School, serving grades 9–12 with 135 students. Because it is the only high school in the list, there are no local school-to-school comparisons. The most important finding is that its 2025–2026 results were mixed: math averaged above the state, while English language arts (ELA) and science averaged below it.
Grade 10 math is the clearest standout: 50% of students were proficient, 14 percentage points above the state’s 36%. Grade 11 ACT math was also above the state, at 43% versus 40%, while grade 9 science was slightly higher, at 49% versus 47%. The sharpest shortfall was grade 11 ACT science, at 38% compared with 48% statewide. Across all nine subject, grade and test comparisons, Wayne City was above the state in three and below in six. Its three-result math average was 42% versus 39% statewide; ELA averaged 49% versus 55%, and science 42% versus 48%.
Recent results declined more at Wayne City than statewide: its average across the nine matched tests fell 8 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while the state average was nearly unchanged. Grade 9 PreACT math had the largest relative setback, moving from 21 points above the state to 8 points below; grade 9 science improved, moving from 7 points below to 2 points above. SchoolDigger ranked Wayne City 296th of 620 schools (52nd percentile) in 2025–2026, down from 172nd of 698 (75th percentile) the prior year. Other context measures include a 9.2 student–teacher ratio and 34% eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 9%, 14 points below the state, while graduation was 85%, 5 points below it.
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