Summary:
Zip code 66088 has two schools serving grades PK–12: Valley Falls Elementary (PK–8, 262 students) and Valley Falls High (9–12, 122 students). The clearest area-wide concern is that both schools scored below the state in all three all-grades subjects in 2025–26: ELA was 31% and 26% versus 46% statewide, math 25% and 26% versus 41%, and science 27% and 16% versus 38%.
Valley Falls Elementary stands out over the high school in ELA and science, leading by 5 and 12 percentage points, respectively; the schools’ math scores are nearly even, with the high school ahead by 1 point. The high school’s 16% science result is the lowest of the six all-grades school-subject scores. At the elementary school, fourth-grade math is a notable bright spot at 50%, 6 points above the state, while sixth-grade ELA and math are much lower: 13% and 12%, respectively, compared with state results of 42% and 41%. The high school also has a strong graduation result: 100%, compared with about 90% statewide.
Recent test-score changes are mixed, but the combined results moved farther behind the state: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, elementary scores fell 5 points in ELA, 8 in math, and 4 in science; high-school ELA fell 2 points while math rose 9. Across the five subject results with two years of data, the average school-state gap widened from 12 points to 15 points. SchoolDigger gives both schools one star; the elementary school ranks 536 of 657 (18th percentile) and the high school 287 of 340 (16th percentile). The elementary school has a higher student-teacher ratio (11.5 versus 10.0) and free/reduced-lunch rate (33% versus 30%), while chronic absenteeism is higher at the high school: 26% versus 18% at the elementary school and 18% statewide.
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