Summary:
Zip code 66002 has one elementary school, Atchison Elementary School, serving PK–5 in Atchison. The most important finding for families is that its 2025–26 proficiency rates were below Kansas’s in all three reported subjects, with the largest shortfall in science.
There is no top-versus-bottom comparison among schools because the list contains only one. Compared with Kansas, Atchison Elementary had the smallest gap in ELA: 38% proficient versus 46% statewide, an 8-point difference. Math was 29% versus 41%, a 12-point gap, while science was 23% versus 38%, a 15-point gap. ELA was also the school’s strongest subject relative to the state, and science its weakest. Compared with Atchison Public Schools, the school was ahead by 7 points in ELA and 2 points in math, but 2 points behind in science. Grade-level results point to particular challenges in fifth grade: its ELA and math rates were each 17 points below the state, and its science rate was 22 points below.
Results improved in ELA and math from 2024–25 to 2025–26, but science declined: ELA rose 6 points, from 32% to 38%, and math rose 5 points, from 24% to 29%, while science fell 7 points, from 30% to 23%. The school’s gaps with Kansas narrowed in ELA and math but widened in science, so the overall trend is mixed. SchoolDigger ranked it 539 of 657 schools, in the 18th percentile with 1 star, in 2025–26; it ranked 555 of 656 in the 15th percentile the year before and 520 of 653 in the 20th percentile in 2023–24. Its student–teacher ratio is 15.3, and 65% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–25; these are context, not explanations for results. Chronic absenteeism was 17.6%, close to the 17.8% statewide rate.
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