Summary:
The Circle area includes six schools—four elementary schools, one middle school and one high school—serving students from elementary through high school. The clearest takeaway is that results vary substantially by school and subject: the gap between the highest- and lowest-scoring schools is 38 percentage points in ELA, 34 in math and 31 in science. Even among elementary schools, grade 4 ELA ranges from 45% at Circle Oil Hill Elementary to 84% at Circle Benton Elementary.
Benton and Greenwich stand out, but neither leads every subject: Benton has the strongest all-grades ELA and science results, at 71% and 59%, while Greenwich leads math at 60%. Their science results are especially close, just 1 percentage point apart. Towanda has the lowest all-grades math result, 26%, but its science score of 43% is above the state’s 38%. Circle High is lowest in ELA and science, at 33% and 28%. SchoolDigger ranks Greenwich 110th of 657 schools and Benton 146th, with four stars each; Towanda ranks 488th, with one star.
Recent trends are mixed: the six-school average fell 3 percentage points in ELA and 6 in math from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while the state averages rose 1 and 2 points, respectively. Science moved in the opposite direction among the five schools with results in both years: their average rose 2 points as the state average fell 3. Circle High’s rank history is a particular caution: its SchoolDigger percentile rank dropped from 78 in 2024–25 to 36 in 2025–26, alongside declines of 16 points in ELA and 9 in math. Context differs, too: elementary enrollment ranges from 274 to 337, and student-teacher ratios from 11.3 to 14.6. Reported free/reduced-lunch rates range from 25% at Greenwich to 51% at Towanda; these are context, not explanations for test results.
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