Summary:
The 66423 zip code is home to a single high school, Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School, which serves grades 7-12 with a total enrollment of 216 students. This public school has shown consistent improvement in its statewide ranking, rising from 131 out of 327 Kansas high schools in 2022-2023 to 32 out of 332 in 2024-2025, earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School boasts a strong 89.5% four-year graduation rate and a low 1.3% dropout rate for the 2023-2024 school year. Academically, the school outperforms the state average in several key areas, with 55.87% of 10th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts and 52.94% proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to state averages of 37.93% and 33.59%, respectively. The school also has a relatively low 32.41% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a relatively affluent student population.
While the school's academic performance and graduation rates are impressive, it does face a relatively high 19.5% chronic absenteeism rate for 2024-2025. However, the school's favorable student-teacher ratio of 10.4 to 1 and higher-than-average per-student spending of $14,221 for the 2018-2019 school year suggest that it has the resources and support to continue its strong academic performance and address any areas for improvement, such as the chronic absenteeism rate.
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