Summary:
Schools in zip code 73773 include four schools in two districts: one elementary school serving prekindergarten through grade 8, one junior high serving grades 7–8, and two high schools serving grades 9–12, so the listed schools span PK–12. In 2025–2026, the four-school average was 31% in English Language Arts and 29% in math, above state results of 26% and 25%, while science averaged 28%, below the state’s 30%; the two high schools averaged 42% in U.S. History, close to the state’s 41%. The clearest overall finding is that results vary by subject and school, and science is the area-wide weakness.
Pioneer-Pleasant Vale High School led all-grades English Language Arts at 48% and math at 45%, respectively 22 and 20 points above state results. Pioneer-Pleasant Vale Junior High School led science at 42%, 12 points above the state. At the low end, Waukomis Elementary School had the lowest English Language Arts result, 16%, while Waukomis High School had the lowest math and science results, 20% and 12%. The grade-8 comparison also favors the junior high: it scored 17 points higher in English Language Arts and 18 points higher in science than Waukomis Elementary.
Results shifted in different directions over time: the average school-to-state margin across English Language Arts, math, and science improved from about 0 points in 2024–2025 to about 2 points in 2025–2026, but math rose 24 points at Pioneer-Pleasant Vale High and fell 11 at the junior high and 9 at Waukomis High. SchoolDigger statewide ranking percentiles rose at both high schools from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026—by 11 points at Pioneer-Pleasant Vale and 19 at Waukomis—while the junior high fell 11 points from its prior-year result. The high schools have similar enrollment, 118 and 117, and student-teacher ratios of 13.3 and 12.2; their 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 59% and 62%. All-grade comparisons can reflect the schools’ different grade spans, so grade-specific results provide useful additional context.
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