Schools in Zip Code 66044

Zip code 66044 has six schools: four elementary schools, one middle school and one alternative school serving kindergarten through grade 12, with no separate high school. The six-school averages are about 45% in ELA, 33% in math and 33% in science, compared with state rates of 46%, 41% and 38%. Results vary widely from school to school, so the averages hide important differences. The clearest overall finding is that Cordley Elementary stands out in math and science while the wider group trails the state in both subjects.

Cordley leads math at 44% and science at 47%, respectively 3 and 9 percentage points above state rates; its 55% ELA result is second in the group. Lawrence Virtual School leads ELA at 57%, 11 points above the state, but its math result is 39%, below the state. At the lower end, New York Elementary has the lowest ELA and math results, at 38% and 22%; Liberty Memorial Central is lowest in science, at 20%, and also ranks last in ELA. SchoolDigger gives Cordley 3 stars and a 57th-percentile state elementary ranking; New York, Hillcrest Elementary and Woodlawn Elementary each receive 1 star.

Across the six schools, the average across the three subjects fell 3 percentage points between 2024–25 and 2025–26, while the gap below the state average widened from 2 to 5 points. ELA edged up about 1 point, but math fell about 1 point and science fell 7. New York improved in all three subjects; Hillcrest declined in all three, including 25 points in science. The two schools have similar student-teacher ratios (11.8) and lunch-rate figures (about 60% at Cordley and 62% at Hillcrest), yet Cordley scores higher in all three all-grades subjects. Lawrence Virtual also shows why subject and grade matter: its grade 5 ELA result is 85%, while grade 10 math is 22%, below the state’s 37%.