Summary:
Zip code 66032 has two schools in Garnett: Garnett Elementary School serves prekindergarten through grade 6, and Anderson County Junior/Senior High School serves grades 7–12; together they enroll 820 students. In 2025–26, the two schools’ equal-weight average was 39% in ELA and 36% in math, below state results of 46% and 41%, while their 43% science average was above the state’s 38%. The most important takeaway is that science is the area’s relative bright spot, while ELA and math are behind state results.
Garnett Elementary led on all three all-grades subjects: 43% in ELA, 39% in math and 50% in science, compared with 35%, 34% and 37% at Anderson County Junior/Senior High. The gaps were 9 points in ELA, 6 in math and 13 in science. Elementary science was 12 points above the state; the high school was 1 point below. The high school also has notable grade-level highs and lows: grade 10 math was 45%, 8 points above the state, while grade 7 math was 21%, 16 points below. Because the schools serve different grade spans, their all-grades results are not a grade-matched comparison.
Recent test results are mixed, and the high school’s improved SchoolDigger ranking does not mean its proficiency rose. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, Anderson County Junior/Senior High fell 2 points in ELA and 7 in science, while math was nearly unchanged; its SchoolDigger rank nevertheless improved from 184 of 332 (45th percentile, 2 stars) to 121 of 340 (64th percentile, 3 stars). Garnett Elementary gained 1 point in ELA, slipped 1 in math and fell 9 in science, though science remained a strength; its rank was 377 of 657 (43rd percentile, 2 stars), similar to the prior year. Both schools report a student–teacher ratio of 11.7. The elementary school’s free/reduced-lunch rate was 65%, versus 44% at the high school. The high school’s picture also combines 91% graduation with 28% chronic absenteeism and a 2% dropout rate.
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