Best Public Schools in Zip Code 62558

Schools in zip code 62558 are two public schools in Pawnee: Pawnee Grade School, serving prekindergarten through grade 5 with 325 students, and Pawnee Junior/Senior High School, serving grades 6–12 with 247 students. Together, they enroll 572 students. In 2025–26, English language arts results were near the state level overall, but math was weaker: the schools averaged 28% proficient in math, 12 percentage points below the state’s 40%. The clearest area-wide concern is math, particularly at the high school.

The schools stand out in different subjects. In 2025–26 All Grades IAR, the high school had the stronger ELA result, at 56.7% proficient compared with 50.0% at the grade school; the high school was near the state’s 56.3%. In math, the grade school led, with 35.2% proficient versus 20.6% at the high school, though both were below the state’s 39.6%. The high school’s 11th-grade ACT results were a bright spot: 73% in ELA, 42% in math and 67% in science, compared with statewide results of 50%, 40% and 48%. SchoolDigger ranks the high school in the 61st percentile with 3 stars, above the grade school’s 41st percentile and 2 stars.

Scores fell at both schools from 2024–25 to 2025–26 while state results rose: ELA declined by 11 percentage points at the grade school and 16 at the high school; math fell by 6 and 3 points, respectively. There are exceptions to the broader pattern: grade 8 ISA science improved by 17 points at the high school, while grade 10 PreACT science fell by 29 points. Attendance and completion are favorable indicators: chronic absenteeism was 7% at the grade school and 11% at the high school, below the state’s 24%, and the high school graduation rate was 95%. Student-teacher ratios were similar at 10.5 and 10.2 in 2024–25. Free/reduced lunch eligible figures that year were 26% at the grade school and 9% at the high school, a contextual difference rather than an explanation of results. Because the schools serve different grade bands, their All Grades results are not same-grade comparisons.