Summary:
ZIP code 74830 has two schools serving 254 students: Bowlegs Elementary School serves prekindergarten through grade 8, and Bowlegs High School serves grades 9–12. The most important finding is that both schools’ 2025–2026 proficiency rates were below state rates in every subject they reported, with the largest shared shortfall in mathematics.
The schools have different subject strengths: Bowlegs High School leads in English Language Arts I, while Bowlegs Elementary School leads in mathematics and science. High school students were 24% proficient in English Language Arts I versus 8% at the elementary school; the state rate was 26%. In mathematics, the elementary school’s 10% exceeded the high school’s 3%, though both were well below the 25% state rate. In science, the elementary school had 17% proficiency and the high school 14%, compared with 30% statewide. The high school also reported 35% proficiency in U.S. History, 6 points below the state. Its 11th-grade results were below 11th-grade state rates in all four subjects.
Recent results were mixed: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the elementary school declined by 6 points in English Language Arts I, 9 in mathematics and 11 in science. The high school rose 4 points in English Language Arts I and 2 in science, but fell 3 points in mathematics. SchoolDigger placed the high school at the 22nd percentile in 2025–2026, up from the 11th percentile the prior year but below the 29th percentile in 2023–2024; it received one star in each year. Other context differs: the elementary school’s student-teacher ratio was 19.4 versus 13.0 at the high school, and 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligibility was 88% versus 76%. The high school’s graduation rate was 83% in 2024–2025, above the 78% state rate, and its 2025–2026 chronic absenteeism rate was 9% versus 16% statewide.
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