Summary:
ZIP code 41091 includes seven Boone County schools—three elementary schools, two middle schools and two high schools—with 7,565 students altogether. The 2025–2026 results show a strong area-wide picture: across 62 reported school-subject results, schools averaged 21 percentage points above the matching state results. The only result below its state comparison was Ryle High School in grade 11 writing, at 46% versus 47% statewide.
Subject leaders differ by grade level, so no single school leads everything. Shirley Mann Elementary leads elementary reading, writing, social studies and editing/mechanics; its writing result is 61%, compared with 36% at Longbranch Elementary. New Haven Elementary leads elementary math and science, including 70% in science versus Longbranch’s 50%. At middle school, Gray Middle School leads four of six subjects, while Ballyshannon Middle School leads in reading and social studies. Cooper High School leads Ryle in all six subjects, with its largest advantage in social studies: 55% to 39%.
Recent changes are mixed, with the sharpest average gains at Cooper (+14 percentage points) and Ballyshannon (+11), while New Haven and Longbranch averaged declines of 2 and 1 points. SchoolDigger rankings also rose notably for those gainers: Cooper moved from the 50th percentile to the 90th, and Ballyshannon from the 81st to the 95th; Shirley Mann and New Haven ranked in the 98th and 96th percentiles. Context figures are not a simple guide to scores: free/reduced lunch eligible rates in 2024–2025 ranged from 21% at Shirley Mann to 34% at Ryle, while student-teacher ratios ranged from 15.4:1 at Shirley Mann to 19.4:1 at Cooper. These are school-level proficiency results, not measures of individual student growth.
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