Wanette

Wanette has two small schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Wanette Elementary School (PK–8, 60 students) and Wanette High School (grades 9–12, 20 students). In 2025–2026, both schools were below state results in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics; their average was 6% in ELA, 21 percentage points below the state’s 26%, and 10% in mathematics, 15 points below the state’s 25%. The most important finding for families is that both schools’ latest results trail the state in the two subjects they share.

Wanette High School stands out against the elementary school in the latest results, leading by 5 points in ELA (8% versus 3%) and 14 points in mathematics (17% versus 3%). Even so, its ELA result was 18 points below the state, and its mathematics result was 8 points below. The elementary school had the lower result in both shared subjects in 2025–2026. A notable bright spot for high school is 11th-grade mathematics: its 17% result matched the statewide 17%, while its 11th-grade ELA was 8% versus 36% statewide.

Recent trends differ by subject: ELA weakened, while mathematics improved overall. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA fell from 6% to 3% at Wanette Elementary School and from 15% to 8% at Wanette High School; the two-school average dropped from 11% to 6%. Mathematics stayed at 3% at the elementary school and rose from 0% to 17% at the high school, lifting the average from 2% to 10%. SchoolDigger’s high school ranking improved from 442nd of 463 schools (5th percentile) to 345th of 462 (25th percentile), a relative ranking change rather than a direct measure of test-score growth. For context, in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible was reported for 85% of elementary students and 95% of high school students; enrollments were 60 and 20, respectively. These small schools serve different grade spans, so their results and school-to-school comparisons should be read with that context in mind.