Summary:
ZIP code 66503 includes two elementary schools in Manhattan-Ogden: Frank V Bergman Elementary, serving prekindergarten through grade 5, and Amanda Arnold Elementary, serving kindergarten through grade 5. They enroll 568 and 399 students, respectively, and both report strong 2025–2026 results. Most importantly, both schools exceed Kansas proficiency in ELA, math and science, with Amanda Arnold leading in all three overall measures.
Amanda Arnold stands out at the top of the all-grades results: 68% proficient in ELA, 66% in math and 64% in science, compared with 61%, 54% and 59% at Bergman. Its leads are 7 percentage points in ELA, 11 in math and 5 in science. Both schools are above the state in every subject; even Bergman’s smallest advantage is 13 points, in math. The overall pattern has an exception: Bergman leads in fifth-grade ELA, with 72% proficient versus Amanda Arnold’s 68%, a 4-point difference. The largest grade-level gaps favor Amanda in fourth grade: 20 points in ELA and 17 in math. Bergman’s fourth-grade ELA result, 50%, is nearly level with the state’s 50%.
Recent results show little change in the schools’ combined ELA and math averages, but a marked science rise: the two-school science average increased from 53% to 61%, driven by Bergman’s increase from 41% to 59%; Amanda Arnold’s science result moved from 65% to 64%. SchoolDigger ranks Amanda Arnold in the 90th percentile, while Bergman is in the 74th, up from the 65th percentile the prior year. Amanda also has a lower student-teacher ratio—14 versus 19.2—and a lower reported free/reduced-lunch rate, 29% versus 50%; these describe different school contexts, not causes of achievement. Together, the overall results favor Amanda Arnold, while Bergman’s fifth-grade ELA result is a reason to compare by grade and subject.
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