Summary:
Dewey Elementary, Dewey Middle and Dewey High serve students from prekindergarten through grade 12, with enrollments of 550, 244 and 363, respectively. The clearest difference across the schools is in 2025–2026 science: Middle reached 44% proficient and Elementary 41%, compared with 30% statewide, while High was at just 5%. Grade-matched results show the same split: High’s grade 11 result was 5% versus 21% statewide, while Elementary’s grade 5 and Middle’s grade 8 results were 41% and 44%, compared with 35% and 36% statewide. High’s very low science result is the sharpest concern in an otherwise mixed picture of school performance.
High stands out in English language arts, with 37% proficient in 2025–2026—11 points above the state and 8 points ahead of the next school, Elementary, at 29%; Middle was at 23%, 3 points below the state. Elementary leads in math at 28%, 3 points above the state, while High had 19% and Middle 17%, respectively 6 and 8 points below. Science makes Middle the strongest performer in that subject, 14 points above the state; High is the lowest by a wide margin. High also had an 89% graduation rate in 2024–2025, compared with 78% statewide, and its 2025–2026 chronic absenteeism was 9.6%, versus 15.9% statewide.
Results changed unevenly from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: Middle’s science rose 20 points to 44%, and High’s math rose 10 points to 19%, while Elementary fell 12 points in science, 5 in math and 4 in ELA. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rose from 27 to 51 for Middle and from 30 to 58 for High, while Elementary moved from 69 to 58; these rankings are separate from test-score changes. Context also differs: in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students made up 62% at Elementary, 58% at Middle and 50% at High; student-teacher ratios were 15.8, 13.5 and 15.0, respectively. These figures are context, not explanations for achievement, and schoolwide results do not make every grade-to-grade comparison alike.
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