Summary:
Zip code 57243 includes three schools in Henry: an elementary school serving prekindergarten through grade 5, a middle school for grades 6–8 and a high school for grades 9–12, with 192 students enrolled altogether. In 2025–2026, the elementary and middle schools both scored below state averages in all-grades ELA and math, while the high school’s proficiency results were suppressed. The clearest difference for families is the 25-point ELA gap between Henry Elementary and Henry Middle.
Henry Elementary led the two schools with reported all-grades results: it reached 49% in ELA compared with 24% at the middle school, and 31% in math compared with 26%. Both schools remained below state rates of 49% in ELA and 44% in math. Grade-level results show stronger spots and sharp lows: elementary 4th-grade ELA was 54%, 6 points above the state, while middle-school 7th-grade math was 55%, 11 points above. The lowest reported results were at Henry Middle in 6th grade: 8% in both ELA and math, versus state rates of 48% and 42%. Elementary 5th-grade science was also low at 15%, 26 points below the state.
Results improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 at both schools: elementary ELA rose 14 points and math 3, while middle-school ELA rose 1 point and math 13. Chronic absenteeism is a concern, especially at Henry Middle: 49%, compared with 24% at the elementary school and 20% statewide. SchoolDigger gave both schools one star in 2025–2026; the elementary ranked 156 of 203 and the middle school 128 of 151. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students were 50% at the elementary school, 42% at the middle school and 39% at Henry High School; student-teacher ratios were 9.5, 12.6 and 10.8, respectively. The high school reported a 95% graduation rate for 2024–2025 and a 2% dropout rate for 2025–2026, but its test results cannot be compared because they were suppressed.
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