Summary:
Zip code 66414 has two schools: Carbondale Attendance Center, serving grades 4–8, and Santa Fe Trail High, serving grades 9–12. In 2025–26, their simple average proficiency was below the state in all three subjects, with the smallest gap in science: 3 points, compared with 7 points in both ELA and math. Because the schools serve different grade spans, their all-grades results are not same-grade comparisons. The clearest local divide is in math and science, where Carbondale leads the high school by 12 and 14 percentage points, respectively.
Carbondale is the local standout, leading in all three subjects: proficiency was 42% in ELA, 40% in math, and 42% in science, compared with 37%, 28%, and 28% at Santa Fe Trail High. Carbondale’s science result was 4 points above the state, while its ELA and math results were 4 and 1 point below. The high school was below the state in every subject—by 9 points in ELA, 13 in math, and 10 in science. Grade-level results add important detail: Carbondale’s Grade 5 math was 52%, 7 points above the state, and Grade 8 ELA was 47%, 5 points above. Santa Fe Trail High’s closest grade-specific result to the state was Grade 11 science, at 28% versus 30%.
Results improved year over year, especially at Santa Fe Trail High: its ELA proficiency rose by 16 points and math by 10; at Carbondale, math rose by 9 points and science by 6, while ELA was nearly flat. The two-school average gaps to the state narrowed in ELA and math, from 13 and 14 points to 7 points in each. SchoolDigger’s high-school percentile ranking rose from 14th to 35th over three years, while Carbondale’s moved from 52nd to 49th after dipping. The schools report similar student–teacher ratios (11.6 and 11.8) and lunch rates (44% and 46%). Santa Fe Trail High also reports a 98% graduation rate, but chronic absenteeism is 35%, compared with 18% statewide.
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