Summary:
ZIP code 67144 has two schools in the Circle district: Circle Towanda Elementary serves prekindergarten through 6th grade, and Circle High serves grades 9–12. Towanda has 278 students and Circle High has 604. The clearest shared concern is mathematics: in 2025–26, both schools were below the state rate, with Towanda 15 points behind and Circle High 7 points behind.
Neither school leads across all subjects. Towanda stands out in science, with 43% proficiency compared with Circle High’s 28%; Towanda was 5 points above the state, while Circle High was 10 points below. Towanda also led in ELA, at 43% versus Circle High’s 33%, though both were below the state’s 46%. Circle High had the stronger mathematics result—34% compared with Towanda’s 26%—but still fell short of the state’s 41%. SchoolDigger ranked Circle High 218th of 340 schools (36th percentile, 2 stars) and Towanda 488th of 657 (26th percentile, 1 star). Because the schools serve different grade spans, their All Grades results are broad indicators rather than same-grade comparisons.
Recent changes were mixed, with the sharpest declines at Circle High and a notable science gain at Towanda. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, Circle High’s ELA fell 16 points and mathematics fell 9; Towanda’s ELA slipped 1 point and mathematics fell 3. Towanda’s science rose 9 points, moving from 7 points below the state to 5 points above it. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking for Circle High dropped from 78th in 2024–25 to 36th in 2025–26, while Towanda’s moved from 31st to 26th. The schools also differ in context: Circle High’s student–teacher ratio is 15.7, compared with 11.3 at Towanda, and reported free/reduced-lunch rates are 30% and 51%, respectively. These figures describe the schools but do not by themselves explain achievement results.
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