Summary:
ZIP code 66526 has one listed school, Wabaunsee Junior High, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 95 students. Its 2025–26 results vary by subject and grade: science is a clear strength, while seventh-grade ELA and math fall below state results. The sharpest concern is chronic absenteeism: 57% of students were chronically absent, compared with 28% in the Wabaunsee district and 18% statewide.
Science is the school’s strongest subject relative to Kansas, while its overall ELA and math results are close to state levels. In 2025–26, science proficiency was 60%, versus 38% statewide, a 22-point advantage; ELA was nearly level at 46.3% versus 45.9%, and math was 43% versus 41%, a 2-point lead. Grade-level results reveal important differences: seventh grade was 9 points below the state in both ELA and math, while eighth-grade math was 15 points above it. Sixth- and eighth-grade ELA results were each about 9 points above state results. Since the ZIP-code list includes only this school, there is no meaningful top-versus-bottom school comparison.
Results changed in different directions from 2024–25 to 2025–26: the school’s ELA rate fell from 56% to 46% and math from 59% to 43%, while science rose from 42% to 60%. State ELA and math results rose slightly, and state science results fell from 41% to 38%. SchoolDigger gives the school 3 stars and ranks it 120th of 368 schools, at the 67th percentile, down from 50th of 363 and the 86th percentile the prior year. The school’s student-teacher ratio is 11.9, and 40% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch; these figures provide context, not an explanation of results.
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