Summary:
Zip code 74547 has four schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12, with 787 students across Hartshorne Elementary, Hartshorne Middle, Hartshorne High, and Jones Academy. The most important academic contrast is that Middle has the strongest state-relative science results, while High has the weakest math and science results.
Hartshorne Middle stands out in 2025–2026 science: 42% proficient across all grades, 12 percentage points above the state’s 30%; its eighth-grade science result is also above state, 42% versus 36%. Hartshorne Elementary leads all-grades math at 28%, compared with 25% statewide. At the other end, Hartshorne High has 6% proficiency in math and 8% in science, respectively 19 and 22 points below state; its eleventh-grade results are also below state in math and science. High’s all-grades ELA is 27%, slightly above the other Hartshorne schools’ 24%, and its U.S. History result is 37% versus 41% statewide. Because schools cover different grades, all-grades results are descriptive rather than direct comparisons; no OSTP results were supplied for Jones Academy.
Results changed differently by school and subject: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Elementary science rose 10 points while math fell 5; Middle science rose 6 and math rose 4; High ELA rose 6, history rose 12, and math fell 3. SchoolDigger’s latest percentile is 62 for Middle, up from 55 the prior year, with a 3-star rating; Elementary stayed at 41 and has 2 stars, while High rose from 12 to 24 and has 1 star. All three Hartshorne schools report lower chronic absenteeism than the state: 2%–5% versus 16%. High also has a 95% graduation rate, compared with 78% statewide. For context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible figures range from 70% at Middle to 96% at Jones Academy; student-teacher ratios range from 7.9 at Jones to 15.3 at Elementary.
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