Summary:
The area has three schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Wayne Elementary School (PK–5, 211 students), Wayne Middle School (grades 6–8, 96 students), and Wayne High School (grades 9–12, 147 students). Results vary substantially by school and subject: the elementary school has strong results in some tested grades, the middle school stands out in science, and the high school is below state results in each of its four reported subjects. Because the schools serve different grades, All Grades scores are not same-grade comparisons. The most important finding is that no single area-wide label captures the marked differences between schools and subjects.
Wayne Elementary School leads the supplied All Grades results in 2025–26 ELA, at 41% proficient, and math, at 24%; its ELA result is 15 percentage points above the state, while math is 1 point below. Grade-level results show the variation within the school: third-grade ELA is 55% versus 26% statewide, but fourth-grade math is 20% versus 33%. Wayne Middle School has the strongest reported science score, 40% versus 30% statewide, including 40% in eighth-grade science compared with 36% statewide. Wayne High School is lowest among schools with shared subjects: its ELA, math, and science results are 21%, 3%, and 5%, respectively, each below the state; U.S. History is 5% versus 41%. SchoolDigger ranks the elementary school 193rd of 626 (69th percentile, 3 stars), the middle school 275th of 378 (27th percentile, 1 star), and the high school 441st of 462 (5th percentile, 0 stars).
Recent score changes are mixed: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, the elementary school gained 6 points in ELA but lost 9 in math; the middle school gained 19 points in science while losing 8 in ELA; and the high school fell 27 points in U.S. History. SchoolDigger’s rankings also diverge: the elementary school rose 31 percentile points from 2020–21 to 2025–26, while the high school dropped 26 points from 2023–24 to 2025–26; the middle school edged down from the 28th to the 27th percentile from 2024–25 to 2025–26. The 2024–25 student-teacher ratios were 13.3 at the elementary school, 12.2 at the middle school, and 16.3 at the high school. In 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 64%, 76%, and 67%, respectively; these are context, not an explanation for results. The high school’s 2024–25 graduation rate was 90% versus 78% statewide, despite its below-state proficiency results.
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