Summary:
ZIP code 73433 has three Elmore City-Pernell Elementary School (PK–5), Elmore City Junior High School (6–8), and Elmore City-Pernell High School (9–12), enrolling 452 students altogether. The clearest takeaway is that results vary sharply by school and subject: Elementary is above state results in all three tested subjects, while High School pairs strong graduation and attendance figures with very weak math and science results.
Elementary stands out most broadly in 2025–2026, with 37% proficient in ELA, 34% in math, and 31% in science—11, 9, and 1 percentage points above state results, respectively. Junior High leads the local schools in science at 35%, 5 points above the state, but its ELA (20%) and math (16%) results are below state figures. High School ties Elementary for the local ELA lead at 37%, but has the lowest math (3%) and science (9%) results, 22 and 21 points below the state. Its other outcomes are notably strong: in 2024–2025, graduation was 100%, 22 points above the state, and in 2025–2026 chronic absenteeism was 2%, 14 points below the state.
Recent test-score changes show improvement in some subjects, but not across the board: science rose 15 points at Elementary and 6 at High School, while Junior High fell 3 points; math declined 3 points at both Junior High and High School. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 rankings place Elementary at percentile 69, Junior High at 40, and High School at 29; Elementary and High School rose from the prior year, while Junior High slipped from 44. For context, 2024–2025 student-teacher ratios were 13.0 at Elementary, 12.9 at Junior High, and 10.8 at High School. Each school reported free/reduced lunch eligible (FRL) for 2024–2025: 72% at Elementary, 67% at Junior High, and 57% at High School. Because the schools serve different grade spans, all-grades comparisons are descriptive rather than same-grade comparisons.
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