Summary:
Zip code 66434 has three Hiawatha schools serving PK–12: Hiawatha Elementary (PK–4), Hiawatha Middle School (grades 5–8), and Hiawatha Senior High (grades 9–12). Together, they enroll 879 students. Their latest results show a clear divide: the middle school is above state proficiency in all three tested subjects, while the high school is below it in all three.
Hiawatha Middle School stands out at the top, with 50% proficiency in ELA, 50% in math, and 59% in science—about 4, 9, and 20 percentage points above the state, respectively. It leads the next-highest school by 7 points in ELA, 3 in math, and 32 in science. Hiawatha Senior High is at the bottom in each subject: 38% in ELA, 37% in math, and 27% in science, respectively 8, 4, and 11 points below the state. Hiawatha Elementary has a mixed profile: math is 47%, above the state’s 41%, while ELA is 44%, below the state’s 46%. Its third-grade math is especially strong, 17 points above the state, but fourth-grade math is 6 points below.
Recent gains are concentrated at the middle school: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, it improved 5 points in ELA, 11 in math, and 21 in science. Elementary ELA slipped 1 point, and high-school ELA fell 2 points, although high-school math rose 4. SchoolDigger rates the middle school 4 stars and places it in the 75th percentile statewide; the elementary and high schools each have 2 stars and rank in the 47th and 45th percentiles. Context measures do not neatly match achievement: middle-school chronic absenteeism is 19%, above the state’s 18%, while high-school absenteeism is 15%; the high school also has the lowest student-teacher ratio at 9.8. These figures describe differences, not their causes.
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