Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 66097: the list includes one school, Jefferson County North High, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 117 students. There is no within-area school-to-school leader or trailing school to compare. Results are mixed against Kansas: in 2025–26, the school was near the state in English language arts (45% versus 46%), below it in math (31% versus 41%), and above it in science (42% versus 38%). The most important concern is math, where proficiency was 10 percentage points below the state.
Science is the school’s strongest subject relative to Kansas, while math is its weakest. In 11th-grade science, 42% of students were proficient, compared with 30% statewide—a 12-point advantage. In 10th-grade math, the school’s 31% was 6 points below the state’s 37%; 10th-grade ELA went the other way, with 45% at the school versus 41% statewide. Other indicators are favorable: the 2023–24 graduation rate was 93%, compared with 90% statewide, and 2025–26 chronic absenteeism was 8%, versus 18% statewide.
Recent results show substantial improvement in ELA but a sharp setback in math. ELA rose from 36% in 2024–25 to 45% in 2025–26, narrowing the gap with the state by 7 percentage points. Math fell from 42% to 31%, while the state increased from 39% to 41%; the school’s position relative to the state worsened by 13 points. SchoolDigger rates the school 3 stars and ranks it 114th of 340 Kansas schools, at the 66th percentile. Its rank improved from 219th of 318 (31st percentile) in 2023–24 to 132nd of 332 (60th percentile) in 2024–25, even though the latest math results declined. The reported student–teacher ratio is 8.3, and 32% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch; these figures describe the school’s context but do not establish what explains its results.
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