Summary:
Zip code 66080 has two Central Heights Elementary (PK–5) and Central Heights High (grades 6–12), with reported results showing very different academic profiles. In 2025–26, the elementary school was above the state in all three tested subjects, while the high school was below the state in all three. The most important distinction is the elementary school’s stronger proficiency results, especially in science, alongside the high school’s below-state performance.
Central Heights Elementary is the clear academic standout: its all-grades proficiency was 56% in ELA, 49% in math, and 73% in science, compared with 41%, 27%, and 28% at Central Heights High. That is a 15-point ELA gap, 22 points in math, and 45 points in science. The elementary school exceeded state results by 10 points in ELA, 8 in math, and 35 in science; the high school fell short by 5, 14, and 10 points, respectively. Results also vary within schools: elementary grade 5 exceeded grade 3 by 20 points in ELA and 47 in math, while grade 7 ELA at the high school was 14 points above its grade-specific state result.
Recent trends make the high school’s math and science results a concern: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, its ELA rose 5 points, but math fell 6 and science fell 22. SchoolDigger’s high-school percentile rank dropped from 72 to 36 to 25 over three years; the elementary school’s rank rose from 69 to 73, then eased to 65, while its current proficiency remained above state in every subject. The high school’s reported graduation rate was 100%, versus 90% statewide. The schools have similar reported student–teacher ratios (11.8 at elementary and 11.4 at high school) and free/reduced-lunch rates (about 53% at each); these figures are observations, not explanations for score differences. Chronic absenteeism was 11% at elementary and 12% at high school, compared with 18% statewide. Because the schools serve different grade spans, their all-grades results do not reflect the same grade mix.
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