Summary:
Zip code 66411 has one high school, Valley Heights Junior/Senior High, serving grades 7–12 and 166 students, so families have no local high-school-to-high-school comparison. In 2025–2026, the school’s all-grades proficiency was above Kansas rates in math (56% versus 41%), English language arts (48% versus 46%), and science (44% versus 38%). Its clearest strength is math, where it held a 15-point advantage over the state.
Valley Heights stands out most in grade 10 math: 67% were proficient, compared with 37% statewide, a 30-point lead. It was also ahead in the other reported math grades—by 17 points in grade 7 and 10 points in grade 8—and in grade 11 science, by 18 points. The clearest exception was grade 7 ELA, where the school was 42% versus 44% statewide; grade 8 science was nearly even, at 39% versus 39%. With only one school listed, it is technically both the area’s highest and lowest, so comparisons with Kansas are more useful than local rankings.
Results changed unevenly over the two reported test years: math proficiency rose 2 points, while ELA fell 13 points and science fell 14 points. The school remained above state rates in all three subjects in 2025–2026, but its ELA lead narrowed from 16 points to 2, and its science lead from 16 points to 5. SchoolDigger ranked the school 33rd of 340 Kansas schools in 2025–2026, with 5 stars, up from 156th of 318 and 3 stars in 2023–2024. Other reported measures were a 92% graduation rate versus 90% statewide and 14% chronic absenteeism versus 18%. The reported student–teacher ratio was 11, and 39% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch; these are context, not explanations for results.
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