Summary:
Zip code 42749 has three schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Legrande Elementary School (PK–8), Caverna Middle School (grades 6–8) and Caverna High School (grades 9–12); together they enroll 651 students. In 2025–2026, averages across reported school-grade results were below corresponding state averages in every subject summary: mathematics was 28% versus 41%, reading 37% versus 49%, writing 35% versus 45%, and social studies 30% versus 38%. The most important takeaway is that results differ substantially by grade and subject, rather than one school consistently leading.
Legrande Elementary School stands out in grade 6: proficiency was 71% in reading and 44% in mathematics, respectively 43 and 25 percentage points above Caverna Middle School. But Caverna Middle led in grade 7 mathematics, with 38% versus Legrande’s 21%, and their grade 8 reading results were nearly even, at 22% and 21%. Legrande led in grade 8 writing, 46% to 32%, and social studies, 42% to 22%. At the high school, Caverna High School had a 98% graduation rate versus 94% statewide, while proficiency was below state results in four of five reported subjects—for example, reading was 25% versus 49% and writing 33% versus 47%.
Across 28 school-grade-subject results available in both years, the average gap versus the state widened by about 7 percentage points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, though results were mixed: Caverna Middle’s grade 7 reading rose 26 points, while Legrande’s grade 8 reading fell 44 points. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking for Legrande went from 35 to 22; Caverna High’s rose from 12 to 23 over the same two-year span, while Caverna Middle moved from 11 to 16. For context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 49% at Legrande, 68% at Caverna Middle and 74% at Caverna High; student-teacher ratios were 14.3, 13.2 and 12.6, respectively. Direct comparisons are most useful for grades the two middle-grade schools share, and SchoolDigger ranks schools in different grade-level groups.
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