Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 66061

Five middle schools serve grades 6–8 in ZIP code 66061, in Olathe: Prairie Trail Middle School, Mission Trail Middle School, Oregon Trail Middle School, Santa Fe Trail Middle School, and Summit Trail Middle School. Overall results are above state results, but performance varies considerably from school to school. The five-school averages were 56% in ELA, 57% in math, and 52% in science—10, 16, and 14 percentage points above state results, respectively. The gap between the highest- and lowest-performing schools was 34 points in ELA, 39 in math, and 31 in science. Four schools exceeded the state result in every subject; the most important finding for families is that the area’s strong averages conceal a wide divide between schools.

Prairie Trail Middle School is the clear leader, with 72% proficiency in ELA, 75% in math, and 68% in science—about 19 to 22 points above the average of the other four schools in each subject. SchoolDigger ranks it fifth of 368 Kansas middle schools and gives it five stars. Mission Trail Middle School ranks second in all three subjects, at 65% in ELA, 68% in math, and 63% in science; SchoolDigger ranks it 13th of 368 and also gives it five stars. At the other end, Santa Fe Trail Middle School had the lowest results in every subject—39% in ELA, 35% in math, and 37% in science—and was the only school below the state in all three. Summit Trail Middle School placed third in science at 52%, while Oregon Trail Middle School showed the strongest recent improvement.

Average results rose from 2024–25 to 2025–26 by 5 points in ELA, 6 in math, and 3 in science, but individual schools did not all follow that pattern. Oregon Trail had the largest gains in ELA and math, up 13 and 16 points; it also improved 7 points in science. Its SchoolDigger rank moved from 186th of 362 schools in 2023–24 to 77th of 368 in 2025–26. Santa Fe Trail’s math result was nearly unchanged, while its science score fell 4 points. Context measures do not sort the schools neatly: Santa Fe Trail had the lowest reported student-teacher ratio, 10.8, and the highest reported free/reduced-lunch rate, 51%, while Prairie Trail had the highest ratio, 14.0, and the lowest lunch rate, 7%, alongside the strongest results.