Summary:
Three public schools in ZIP code 73772 serve students from prekindergarten through grade 12: Watonga Elementary School (369 students), Watonga Middle School (148), and Watonga High School (214). Results vary sharply by school and subject: elementary and middle grades show notable math and science strengths, while high school results range from strong English and history to very weak math. The most important concern is high school math: proficiency was 5%, compared with 25% statewide.
Watonga Elementary had the strongest all-grades math and science results, at 40% and 50%; its fifth graders exceeded state results by 11 points in math and 15 points in science. Watonga Middle stood out in eighth-grade math, where 45% were proficient versus 17% statewide, and in all-grades science, at 46% versus 30%. But middle school results are uneven: seventh-grade ELA was 4%, 19 points below the state. Watonga High led in ELA at 36%, 10 points above the state and 9 points above the next school, and its U.S. History result was 53%, 12 points above the state. Its all-grades math was the lowest result, 20 points below the state; grade 11 math was 5% versus 17% statewide.
Recent changes also differ by school: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, elementary results rose 6 points in ELA, 12 in math, and 7 in science, while high school math fell 7 points and science fell 15. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking rose from 33 to 66 for elementary, but fell from 76 to 58 for middle and from 63 to 57 for high school. As additional context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 78% at elementary, 85% at middle, and 80% at high; student-teacher ratios were 14.9, 11.6, and 12.9, respectively. High school’s 2024–2025 graduation rate was 94%, compared with 78% statewide.
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