Schools in Zip Code 62938

Zip code 62938 has two schools in Pope County CUD 1: Pope County Elementary School, serving PK–8 with 300 students, and Pope County High School, serving grades 9–12 with 142 students. The clearest takeaway is that elementary English results are now above the state average, while the high school’s reported test results consistently trail state results.

Pope County Elementary stands out for all-grades English Language Arts: 67% were proficient in 2025–26, 10 points above the state’s 56%; its mathematics result was 40%, matching the state. Results differ by grade: English proficiency ranged from 48% in grade 6 to 77% in grade 3, and grade 5 and grade 8 science were 17 and 11 points below state results. Pope County High is the most consistent concern in the reported comparisons, with results below the state in every listed ACT and PreACT subject-and-grade comparison. For example, grade 11 ACT mathematics was 19%, compared with 39% statewide; grade 9 PreACT mathematics was 4%, versus 38% statewide—a 34-point gap.

Elementary results improved overall, especially in English: its all-grades score rose 18 points from 2024–25 to 2025–26, and its position relative to the state improved by 15 points. Mathematics rose 3 points, while grade 5 science fell and its gap with the state widened; grade 8 science improved, and its gap narrowed. High-school grade 9 English improved relative to the state by 1 point but remained 23 points behind. SchoolDigger’s percentile rose from 44 to 57 for the elementary school from 2023–24 to 2025–26, while the high school’s fell from 36 to 23 between 2022–23 and 2024–25. In 2024–25, student-teacher ratios were 12.0 and 11.3, respectively; free/reduced lunch eligible measures were 51% and 59%. These are contextual observations, not explanations of results. Since the schools serve different grades and their reported tests are not comparable, the figures do not establish a direct school-to-school ranking.