Summary:
ZIP code 66101 has five schools: three elementary schools, one middle school and one high school, serving different grade spans. Their 2025–26 results show a sharply divided picture: the four schools other than Sumner Academy of Arts & Science were below state proficiency results in all three subjects. The most important finding is that Sumner stands far apart academically from the other schools in the area.
Sumner Academy of Arts & Science led with 76% proficiency in ELA, 69% in math and 50% in science—51, 47 and 29 percentage points above the next-highest school, Banneker Elementary. Sumner also exceeded state results by 30 points in ELA, 28 in math and 12 in science. Banneker led the other four schools in every subject, with 25% in ELA and about 22% in both math and science. At the bottom, Central Middle had the lowest ELA and science results, at 12% and 5%, while Grant Elementary had the lowest math result, at 4%. In SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings, Sumner was 10th of 340; Central was 368th of 368, Grant 655th of 657, Douglass Elementary 629th of 657, and Banneker 601st of 657.
Average results across the five schools rose from 2024–25 to 2025–26 by 3 points in ELA, 3 in math and 5 in science, though individual results were mixed. Sumner’s math proficiency jumped 21 points, while Grant fell 4 points in ELA and 3 in math; Central’s math result also declined by 2 points. Banneker’s lead among elementary schools is supported by results across subjects: compared with similarly sized Douglass, it was ahead by 5 points in ELA, 10 in math and 2 in science. Context measures do not sort schools neatly by results: Banneker’s free/reduced-lunch rate was 88%, compared with 84% at Douglass and 96% at Grant. Two years of test results are not enough to establish a lasting trend.
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