High Schools in Barnes

The Barnes area has two high schools, Linn High and Hanover High, both serving grades 9–12. Their 2025–2026 results are strong overall in English language arts (ELA) and math compared with state averages, but science results differ sharply between the schools. The most important distinction is that Hanover leads in all three subjects, with its biggest advantages in math and science.

Hanover stands out as the stronger academic performer, while Linn is especially weaker in science. Hanover has 68% proficiency in ELA, 84% in math and 40% in science; Linn has 67%, 56% and 14%, respectively. Their ELA results are close, a 2-point difference, while Hanover’s advantages are 29 points in math and 26 in science. Both schools exceed state averages in ELA and math; in science, Hanover is 2 points above the state, while Linn is 24 points below. The two-school averages are 22 points above the state in ELA and 29 points above in math, but 11 points below in science.

Scores rose at both schools in ELA and math from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, especially in ELA: Linn gained 44 points and Hanover 14. The area’s average ELA result rose 29 points, moving from below the state average to 22 points above it; its average math result gained 15 points. SchoolDigger ranks Hanover 22nd of 340 statewide, in the 94th percentile with 5 stars, and Linn 100th, in the 71st percentile with 4 stars; both improved in the latest ranking year. Enrollment and staffing are similar—60 students and an 8.0 student–teacher ratio at Hanover, compared with 66 students and 7.6 at Linn—while free/reduced-price lunch rates are 15% and 33%, respectively. Chronic absenteeism is high at both: 38% at Hanover and 40% at Linn, versus 18% statewide. Test-score history covers only one year-to-year change in ELA and math, and the schools’ small enrollments are important context for interpreting results.