High Schools in Crest

Crest has one listed high school, Crest High, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 78 students; with no other listed high schools, there is no local peer comparison. Its latest results are mixed, and the most important finding is the sharp contrast between above-state math performance and far-below-state science performance.

Crest High is the area’s only school, so it is neither a local leader nor a trailer. In 2025–26, 10th-grade math proficiency was 47%, 10 percentage points above Kansas at 37%; 11th-grade science was 7%, 23 points below the state’s 30%. Tenth-grade ELA was close to the state result, at 41% in both the school and Kansas when rounded. Other measures show a mixed picture: graduation was 100% in 2023–24, 11 points above the state, while chronic absenteeism was 27% in 2025–26—9 points above Kansas and 13 points above the Crest district.

ELA and math proficiency both rose from 2024–25 to 2025–26. At Crest High, ELA increased by 5 percentage points, compared with a 1-point increase statewide; the school’s gap to Kansas narrowed by 4 points. Math rose by 11 points, compared with a 2-point state increase, moving from 3 points below Kansas to 6 points above. In contrast, SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking fell from the 69th percentile in 2023–24 to the 50th in 2024–25 and the 42nd in 2025–26. The school reports a 10.8 student–teacher ratio and a 46% free/reduced-lunch rate in 2024–25; these provide context, but the available data do not support comparisons with other local schools.