Summary:
Zip code 66436 has two elementary schools serving PK–5: Holton Elementary School and Jackson Heights Elementary School. Their 2025–26 results present a sharply divided picture: the area’s strongest school is above the state in all three subjects, while the other is below it in all three. The most important finding is the wide gap between the schools, especially in science.
Jackson Heights is the clear test-score leader, with 2025–26 proficiency of 67% in ELA, 59% in math, and 63% in science. Holton scored 39%, 39%, and 20%, respectively—gaps of 28 percentage points in ELA, 20 in math, and 43 in science. Jackson Heights was 21, 18, and 25 points above state results in those subjects; Holton was 7, 2, and 18 points below. The two-school averages were above the state, but that does not describe both schools: Holton fell below the state in every subject.
The schools’ results are moving in opposite directions. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, Jackson Heights gained 9 points in ELA, 7 in math, and 16 in science, while Holton lost 12, 1, and 21 points. Grade-level results show one notable exception to Jackson Heights’ lead: in fourth-grade math, Holton scored 41% versus 38% at Jackson Heights, although both were below the state’s 44%. SchoolDigger’s latest ranking and rating also favor Jackson Heights: it ranked 119th of 657 and had four stars, compared with Holton’s 498th and one star. The schools also differ in size and reported context—268 students and a 12.3 student–teacher ratio at Jackson Heights, versus 511 and 13.4 at Holton; their free/reduced-lunch rates were 38% and 48%, respectively. These are descriptive differences, not explanations for the test results.
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