Summary:
Allen, Kansas, has one school—Northern Heights, a high school serving grades 9–12 with 102 students—so this is a profile of one school, not a choice among local campuses. In 2025–26, its all-grades science and ELA results were above state levels, while math was below. Most importantly, ELA and math proficiency fell sharply from the previous year.
With no other Allen school to rank above or below it, Northern Heights is both the area’s top and only school in the supplied data. Compared with Kansas, its strongest result was science: 58% proficient versus 38% statewide, a 20-percentage-point advantage. ELA was 48% versus 46%, 2 points higher, while math was 33% versus 41%, 8 points lower. Compared with the North Lyon County district, the school was below in all three subjects: by 1 point in ELA, 4 in math, and 3 in science. Grade-level results show the same subject split: 11th-grade science was 28 points above the state, while 10th-grade math was 3 points below.
The year-to-year change is a concern: ELA proficiency went from 64% in 2024–25 to 48% in 2025–26, a 15-point drop, and math fell from 59% to 33%, a 26-point drop. State results rose by 1 point in ELA and 2 in math over those years. SchoolDigger ranked the school 14th of 332 in 2024–25, at the 96th percentile, then 72nd of 340 in 2025–26, at the 79th percentile. Its 100% graduation rate was 11 points above the state rate, while its dropout rate was 3% versus 1% statewide; chronic absenteeism was 18.0% versus 17.8%. The school’s student–teacher ratio was 7.1, and 42% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch. With only one school in Allen, these figures cannot show how it compares with another local school.
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