Summary:
Zip code 66208 has one listed high school, Shawnee Mission East High, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 1,737 students; there is no other listed high school for a local comparison. In 2025–2026, the school’s proficiency rates were above Kansas’s in all three reported subjects: 67% in English language arts (ELA) versus 46% statewide, 64% in mathematics versus 41%, and 48% in science versus 38%. The most important finding is that the school performed above state levels across ELA, mathematics, and science.
Mathematics is the school’s strongest subject relative to Kansas, while science is its least strong: the school’s advantage was 23 percentage points in math, 21 in ELA, and 10 in science. Compared with Shawnee Mission Pub School, the school was 7 points higher in ELA and math, but 1 point lower in science. The main counterpoint is attendance: chronic absenteeism was 29%, compared with 18% for both the district and state—a gap of 11 points. Graduation was also favorable at 94%, 4 points above the state rate. The school’s 13% free/reduced-lunch rate and 16.2 student–teacher ratio describe its context, but the data do not show how those figures relate to its results.
Academic results improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA proficiency rose by 11 percentage points and math by 9, while Kansas’s rates increased by 1 and 2 points, respectively. The school’s advantage over the state widened to 21 points in ELA and 23 in math. SchoolDigger’s ranking also moved from 34th of 318 schools in 2023–2024 to 16th of 340 in 2025–2026, with its reported percentile rising from 89 to 95. Those rankings are encouraging context, while the two-year test-score gains offer the clearest evidence of improvement.
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