Summary:
ZIP code 66411 has two listed schools: Valley Heights Elementary, serving grades 3–6, and Valley Heights Junior/Senior High, serving grades 7–12; together, they enroll 286 students. In 2025–26, both schools’ all-grades proficiency results were above Kansas figures in ELA, math, and science. The clearest overall finding is that elementary had the higher reported result in all three subjects, while both schools were above state levels.
Valley Heights Elementary stands out in the all-grades comparison, with 64% in ELA, 65% in math, and 58% in science—16, 9, and 14 percentage points higher, respectively, than the junior/senior high. Its strongest listed grade-level result was 3rd-grade math at 85%, 42 points above Kansas. The junior/senior high’s strongest grade-level standout was 10th-grade math at 67%, 30 points above the state. Its lower all-grades results were still above Kansas in every subject; the notable exception by grade was 7th-grade ELA, at 42% versus 44% statewide. SchoolDigger ranks the junior/senior high 33rd of 340 high schools (90th percentile, 5 stars) and elementary 94th of 657 elementary schools (86th percentile, 4 stars).
Both schools’ ELA and science results fell from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA declined by 12 percentage points at elementary and 13 at the junior/senior high; science fell by 12 and 14 points. Math differed: elementary decreased by 3 points, while the junior/senior high rose by 2. SchoolDigger’s high-school percentile improved from 51 to 90 over three years, while elementary’s moved from 97 to 86. Elementary also had a higher free/reduced-lunch rate (58% versus 39%) and student-teacher ratio (13.3 versus 11); these are observations, not explanations for achievement. Both schools had lower chronic absenteeism than Kansas: 15% and 14%, compared with 18%. The high school’s graduation rate was 92%, versus 90% statewide. The grade spans and tested grades differ, so the all-grades comparison is descriptive rather than a same-grade comparison.
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