Banner

The Banner area has one school, Banner Public School, an elementary school serving prekindergarten through eighth grade with 324 students. Because it is the only school in the list, there is no meaningful comparison among local schools; the clearest overall finding is that its 2025–2026 results were above state results in all three subjects, with the largest lead in mathematics.

Banner Public School is both the highest- and lowest-scoring school in this one-school list, which says nothing about how it compares with other nearby schools. Its strongest subject result relative to the state was mathematics: 45% proficient compared with 25% statewide, a 20-point advantage. The all-grades results were also above the state in ELA, 43% versus 26%, and science, 38% versus 30%. However, grade-level math varied considerably: third grade was 79% versus 33% statewide, while sixth and eighth grade were each 14%, below their state results of 26% and 17%. ELA was above state results in every reported grade, while fifth-grade science was close to the state result, at 34% versus 35%.

Achievement results improved relative to the state from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 in ELA and math, but not science: Banner Public School rose from 36% to 43% in ELA and 35% to 45% in math, while science edged down from 39% to 38%. SchoolDigger ranked it 100th of 626 schools (84th percentile) in 2025–2026, after ranking it 144th of 614 (77th percentile) the year before and 23rd of 388 (94th percentile) in 2023–2024; the ranking has not improved steadily. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 5% at the school compared with 16% statewide. The student-teacher ratio was 13.5 in 2024–2025, and 38% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. These are useful context figures, not explanations for achievement results. Because the list contains only one school, it cannot show how these measures compare across schools in the area.