Summary:
Zip code 67839 has two schools in the Dighton area serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Dighton Elementary (PK–6, 139 students) and Dighton High (grades 7–12, 86 students). In 2025–26, their simple average proficiency was 55% in math, above the state’s 41%; 50% in ELA, above the state’s 46%; and 35% in science, below the state’s 38%. Because the schools serve different grades, their all-grades results are not like-grade comparisons. The most important finding is that the strong area math average hides a 41-point gap between the schools.
Dighton Elementary stands out in math, with 75% proficient compared with 35% at Dighton High; Elementary is 34 points above the state, while High is 6 points below. High leads in ELA, at 54% versus 46% at Elementary, and both are above the state rate of 46%. Elementary also leads in science, 39% to 30%; it is just above the state’s 38%, while High is 8 points below. In short, neither school leads across every subject: Elementary’s clearest strength is math, while High has the higher all-grades ELA result.
Recent changes are mixed. Elementary’s math rose 11 points from 2024–25, while High’s fell 8; in ELA, Elementary fell 9 points and High rose 1. Science declined at both schools—4 points at Elementary and 26 at High—leaving High below the state after being above it the previous year. SchoolDigger’s reported statewide percentile for Elementary declined from 81 in 2023–24 to 67 in 2025–26; High’s last reported percentile was 77 in 2024–25, down from 91 in 2022–23. Other context includes student-teacher ratios of 10.6 at Elementary and 7.5 at High, and 2024–25 free/reduced-lunch rates of 49% and 43%, respectively. Chronic absenteeism was below the state rate at both schools in 2025–26: 12% at Elementary and 11% at High.
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