Cusick School District

Cusick School District serves 392 students across three schools—Bess Herian Elementary for grades K–5, Cusick Junior Senior High School for grades 6–12, and Home Pride, an alternative K–12 program—all located at the same Cusick campus area. The district ranks in the 61st percentile statewide, and its two traditional schools have improved substantially in recent years.

Bess Herian Elementary has the strongest overall academic results. In 2025–26, 49.18% of students were proficient in English language arts, 59.02% in math, and 57.14% in science. Its math and science results exceeded state averages, with especially strong math performance in third grade. The school also rose from the 40th to the 65th percentile in the statewide ranking over two years. Cusick Junior Senior High School showed an even larger ranking improvement, reaching the 68th percentile. Its science proficiency rose sharply to 51.43%, slightly above the state, and tenth-grade math was particularly strong. However, overall high-school ELA and math remained below state averages, with the weakest results concentrated in sixth and seventh grades.

Home Pride serves a different student population and should not be compared with the traditional schools without context. Its reported proficiency was lower in ELA and math, while many grade-level results were suppressed because of small testing groups. Families should also note that Cusick Junior Senior High School reported a 73% graduation rate, below the 82.6% state rate. Overall, the district’s main strengths are improving rankings, elementary math and science, and recent secondary science gains; its priorities are middle-grade achievement, graduation completion, and clarifying Home Pride’s staffing and student outcomes.