Summary:
Smoky Valley has one middle school, Smoky Valley Middle School, serving grades 5–8 and enrolling 253 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grades proficiency was 59% in English language arts (ELA), 49% in mathematics, and 48% in science. The school was above Kansas in every subject: by 13 percentage points in ELA, 8 in math, and 10 in science. Its average advantage across the three subjects was 10 points, the clearest overall finding for families.
Because it is the area’s only school, it is both the highest- and lowest-scoring school locally; there is no meaningful peer comparison. Against state results, its strongest latest all-grades showing was ELA, while 8th-grade math was a clear exception: 27% of students were proficient, compared with 40% statewide, a gap of 13 points. Math was above the state in grades 5–7, including by 21 points in grade 6. ELA was above state results in grades 5–8, and science was above in grades 5 and 8, though the grade 8 science advantage was less than 1 point.
Results shifted across the two years available: ELA rose by 11 percentage points and math by 5 at the school, while science fell by 11. Its average lead over the state widened from 9 points in 2024–2025 to 10 in 2025–2026. SchoolDigger’s ranking also improved, from 175th of 362 schools (52nd percentile) in 2023–2024 to 74th of 368 (80th percentile) in 2025–2026; it currently gives the school 4 stars. These are relative rankings, not a measure of score growth in every subject. The school’s student–teacher ratio was 14 and its free/reduced-lunch rate was 36% in 2024–2025; chronic absenteeism was 8% in 2025–2026, versus 18% statewide and 7% in the Smoky Valley district. With just one school in the area, these figures provide context but cannot show how schools compare with one another.
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