Best Public Schools in Zip Code 66027

ZIP code 66027 has four schools in the Fort Leavenworth area: three elementary schools serving prekindergarten through grade 5 and Patton Junior High, which serves grades 6–9. Across the four schools, the supplied All Grades averages are 76% in English language arts (ELA), 75% in math and 74% in science, compared with state results of 46%, 41% and 38%. The elementary schools’ grade-matched results are all above their state counterparts. Because the schools serve different grade spans, their All Grades results are not direct comparisons. The most notable area-wide difference is science: results range from 56% at Bradley Elementary to 86% at Eisenhower Elementary, a 30-point spread.

MacArthur Elementary has the highest supplied All Grades ELA and math results, at 79% and 77%; it is 3 points ahead of Bradley in ELA and 1 point ahead of Eisenhower in math. Eisenhower leads the elementary schools in fifth-grade science and math, with 86% and 94%, while Bradley’s fifth-grade results are 56% in science and 53% in math. Bradley’s math performance varies by grade: it leads the elementary schools in grades 3 and 4, at 77% and 84%, but is lowest in grade 5. Other grade-level gaps are also substantial: fourth-grade ELA ranges from 65% at Eisenhower to 89% at MacArthur, while fifth-grade math ranges from 53% at Bradley to 94% at Eisenhower. Even Bradley’s fifth-grade math score is 8 points above the state result.

Recent changes favor Patton and Eisenhower, which improved in all three subjects: Patton gained 6 points in ELA and math and 14 in science; Eisenhower gained 3, 10 and 25 points. Bradley’s science result fell 19 points, while MacArthur’s ELA was essentially unchanged and its math and science rose 8 and 3 points. SchoolDigger gives all four schools five stars; its current rankings are 3rd of 368 middle schools for Patton and 12th, 20th and 51st among elementary schools for MacArthur, Eisenhower and Bradley. Among the elementary schools, student–teacher ratios range from 11.1 at Eisenhower to 13.2 at Bradley. Reported free/reduced-lunch rates range from 4% at MacArthur to 12% at Patton; these are contextual differences, not explanations of test results.