Summary:
ZIP code 66035 has one high school, Doniphan West Junior/Senior High School, serving grades 7–12 and enrolling 176 students. Its all-grades proficiency results in 2025–2026 were below Kansas in all three subjects: 33% in English Language Arts (ELA) versus 46% statewide, 34% in math versus 41%, and 24% in science versus 38%. The clearest concern is science, where the school trailed Kansas by 14 percentage points; math was closest to the state, but still 7 points lower.
The school has both the area’s standout result and its lowest result because it is the only school listed; there is no meaningful local peer ranking. Its strongest comparison is tenth-grade math: 48% were proficient, compared with 37% statewide, an 11-point advantage. Tenth-grade ELA was essentially even with Kansas, while seventh-grade results were further behind: ELA was 31% versus 44%, and math was 22% versus 38%. The school also reported a 100% graduation rate, 11 points above Kansas, and a 1% dropout rate compared with 1% statewide. However, chronic absenteeism was higher than both Kansas and the district: 24% versus 18% statewide and 20% in Doniphan West Schools.
Results improved overall from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, but science moved in the opposite direction. ELA rose from 21% to 33%, and math from 29% to 34%; the school’s gaps with Kansas narrowed in both subjects. Science fell from 30% to 24%, and its gap with the state widened from 12 to 14 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking also rebounded, from the 15th percentile in 2024–2025 to the 49th in 2025–2026, after reaching the 56th percentile the year before. The school reports a student–teacher ratio of 13.2 and a free/reduced-lunch rate of 39%, useful context but not an explanation of results. Because this is the only listed school, families cannot use these data to compare it with other local high schools.
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