Bethany

Bethany has four schools serving 1,762 students from prekindergarten through grade 12: Earl Harris Elementary School, Bethany Middle School, Bethany High School, and Children's Center. The first three report test scores; Children's Center, which enrolls 54 students, has no scores in this data. The clearest difference among Bethany’s schools is in science: results range from well above the state average at two schools to below it at the high school.

Each reporting school leads in a different subject. Earl Harris leads in science, with 74% proficient, compared with 66% at Bethany Middle and 24% at Bethany High; those results are 44 points above and 6 points below the 30% state rate, respectively. Bethany Middle leads in math at 55%, while Bethany High is lowest at 34%. The high school leads in ELA at 56%, versus 47% at Earl Harris and 44% at Bethany Middle. Its U.S. History score is 53%, 12 points above the state rate.

Recent results are mixed: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Earl Harris science rose 13 points to 74%, while Bethany High science fell 8 points to 24% and U.S. History fell 15 points to 53%. Bethany Middle math declined 6 points to 55%. SchoolDigger ranks Bethany Middle sixth of 378 statewide schools (98th percentile); Earl Harris ranks 56th of 626 and Bethany High 45th of 462. The schools’ free/reduced lunch eligible rates for 2024–2025 were about 32% at Bethany High, 34% at Earl Harris, and 34% at Bethany Middle. Student-teacher ratios range from 15.4 at the middle school to 17.7 at the elementary school. These measures offer context, but do not explain the schools’ differing results.