Schools in Zip Code 66060

Zip code 66060 has one listed school, Jefferson County North Elementary/Middle, serving prekindergarten through eighth grade with 338 students in the Jefferson County North district. In 2025–26, all-grades proficiency was 45% in ELA, 43% in math and 41% in science, compared with 46%, 41% and 38% statewide, respectively. The results look modestly favorable overall, but the most important finding is the sharp contrast between strong third-grade results and much weaker eighth-grade results.

Third grade stands out at the top: 76% were proficient in ELA, 25 points above the state, and 76% in math, 33 points above. Eighth grade is the clearest concern: ELA proficiency was 29%, 13 points below the state; math was 13%, 27 points below; and science was 23%, 16 points below. Fifth grade had the school’s strongest science result, at 60%. Since this is the only listed school, there are no local schools to compare at the top or bottom.

All-grades ELA and math moved closer to state results between 2024–25 and 2025–26: school proficiency rose 6 points in ELA and 8 in math, while science fell 5 points. The school’s ELA gap narrowed by 4 points, and math shifted from 4 points below the state to 2 points above; its science advantage narrowed by 2 points. SchoolDigger ranked the school 239th of 657 for 2025–26, in the 64th percentile with 3 stars, up from the 48th percentile and 2 stars in 2024–25. Context figures include a 13.3 student–teacher ratio and a 38% free/reduced-lunch rate; chronic absenteeism was 19%, versus 18% statewide and 15% in the district.