Best Public Schools in Zip Code 74369

The three public schools in zip code 74369 serve about 300 students from prekindergarten through grade 12: Welch Elementary School has 135 students, Welch Middle School has 63, and Welch High School has 99. In 2025–2026, the three-school average was 34% proficient in ELA, 8 percentage points above the state’s 26%; in math, the average was 19%, about 6 points below the state’s 25%. The most important finding is the sharp contrast between elementary results and high-school math: Elementary reached 42% in both subjects, while High had just 3% proficiency in math.

Welch Elementary School leads the latest results in both subjects. Its 42% ELA proficiency was 4 points above High and 20 above Middle; its 42% in math was 29 points above Middle and 39 above High. Welch Middle School had the lowest ELA result, at 22%, while its 13% in math was higher than High’s 3%. Welch High School had 38% proficiency in ELA but also just 3% in math. It reported a 100% graduation rate in 2024–2025, compared with 78% statewide, despite its low math proficiency; in 2025–2026, its science and U.S. History results were also below state levels, at 16% versus 30% and 28% versus 41%.

Recent gains were strongest at Welch Elementary School, where ELA rose 7 points and math 9 points from 2024–2025. Welch High School gained 2 points in ELA but stayed at 3% in math; Welch Middle School gained 2 points in ELA while math fell 5 points. SchoolDigger’s reported ranking percentiles show different longer-term movement: Elementary went from 88 to 51, Middle from 81 to 67, and High from 13 in 2023–2024 to 51 in 2024–2025 and 32 in 2025–2026. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 65% at Elementary and 70% at both other schools; student-teacher ratios ranged from 9.1:1 at High to 13.9:1 at Middle. These figures do not align in a simple way with test results, and small enrollments mean results can be sensitive to relatively few students.