Summary:
Zip code 42754 has five schools in Grayson County: two elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools, including an alternative program, serving students from elementary through high-school grades. The clearest like-for-like difference is between the elementary schools: in 2025–26, Oran P Lawler Elementary School had higher proficiency than H W Wilkey Elementary School in all 10 shared grade-and-subject comparisons.
Lawler is the strongest elementary performer: it exceeded the state in 7 of 10 results, while Wilkey was below the state in 9 of 10. Their largest gaps were 35 points in grade-4 math (57% vs. 22%) and 29 points in grade-5 writing (43% vs. 14%). At the upper grades, Grayson County Middle School stood out in eighth-grade writing (78% vs. 48% statewide) and editing/mechanics (64% vs. 42%). Grayson County High School was strong in eleventh-grade writing (65% vs. 47%) and graduation (95% vs. 94%), but chronic absenteeism was a concern at 36%, compared with 24% statewide. Across matched results, writing and editing/mechanics were relative strengths, averaging 50% and 53%, respectively, versus state averages of 41% and 45%.
Recent changes vary by school: the average across each elementary school’s 10 reported results rose by 2 points from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while the middle school’s average fell by 8 points and the high school’s stayed at 42%. SchoolDigger’s 2025–26 rankings put Lawler at the 69th percentile, the middle school at the 71st, the high school at the 61st and Wilkey at the 21st; these are SchoolDigger rankings. For context, in 2024–25 the free/reduced lunch eligible share was 59% at Lawler and 73% at Wilkey, while student-teacher ratios were 16.6 and 17.2. Grayson County Alternative Education enrolls 19 students and has no test scores in the supplied data.
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