Best Public Schools in Zip Code 66409

Summary:

The 66409 zip code is home to a single public elementary school, Berryton Elementary, which serves grades PK-6 and has a total enrollment of 538 students. The school is part of the Shawnee Heights school district, which is ranked 146 out of 264 districts in Kansas and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Berryton Elementary is a standout school in the 66409 zip code, consistently outperforming the Shawnee Heights district and the state of Kansas in both English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. In the 2024-2025 school year, 50.49% of Berryton Elementary students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 44.76% for the Shawnee Heights district and 44.47% for the state. In the same year, 49.15% of Berryton Elementary students were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 40.78% for the Shawnee Heights district and 38.73% for the state.

However, Berryton Elementary's SchoolDigger rating has declined from 4 stars in 2022-2023 to 3 stars in the last two school years, and the school has a higher-than-average chronic absenteeism rate of 19.5%. Additionally, 34.94% of Berryton Elementary students were recipients of free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year, indicating a significant population of economically disadvantaged students. The school's spending per student was $9,901 in the 2018-2019 school year, and it had a student-teacher ratio of 15.1 to 1 in the 2023-2024 school year.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				KAP English Language Arts (2025)					KAP Mathematics (2025)					KAP Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	KAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	KAP English Language Arts All Grades	KAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	KAP Mathematics 4th Grade	KAP Mathematics 5th Grade	KAP Mathematics 6th Grade	KAP Mathematics All Grades	KAP Science 5th Grade	KAP Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Berryton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	2921 SE 69th Street	Berryton	66409	Shawnee County	Shawnee Heights	No	No	No	No	(785) 861-1300	560	38	14.8	34.5%	421 (75.2%)	27 (4.8%)	53 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	57 (10.2%)	60.2	258^th of 656 public elementary schools	60.7%		62.4	216^th of 653 public elementary schools	66.9%	42	59.7	53.0	53.1	37.2	50.5	66.7	50.0	34.6	47.4	49.2	53.1	53.1	$13,309	$1,058	$12,252

Cities Near Zip Code 66409

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Berryton	2.43 mi	1	129^th
Tecumseh	4.86 mi	4	197^th
Topeka	5.93 mi	43	268^th
Wakarusa	6.31 mi	1	306^th
Carbondale	8.79 mi	2	283^rd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kansas State Department of Education.

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