Best Public Schools in Zip Code 66528

Summary:

The 66528 zip code has only one school, Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elementary, which serves grades PK-5 and is part of the Marais Des Cygnes Valley District. The district is ranked 75 out of 264 in Kansas and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elementary has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking, ranging from 154 out of 660 Kansas elementary schools in 2022-2023 (4-star rating) to 329 out of 653 in 2023-2024 (2-star rating). The school outperforms the state average in English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency for all grades and 5th grade, but underperforms in 3rd grade ELA. In Mathematics, the school outperforms the state average for all grades but underperforms in 3rd and 5th grade. In Science, the school underperforms the state average for all grades and 5th grade.

The school has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (73.4% in 2023-2024) and a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 19.5% in the 2024-2025 school year. The school's per-student spending was $11,860 in the 2018-2019 school year, and the student-teacher ratio is 10.6 to 1 in the 2023-2024 school year. These factors suggest that the school may need to implement targeted interventions and support to address the unique challenges faced by its high-poverty student population and ensure more consistent and equitable academic outcomes.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				KAP English Language Arts (2025)			KAP Mathematics (2025)			KAP Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	KAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	KAP English Language Arts All Grades	KAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	KAP Mathematics 5th Grade	KAP Mathematics All Grades	KAP Science 5th Grade	KAP Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	213 N 8th	Quenemo	66528	Osage County	Marais Des Cygnes Valley	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 759-3512	87	9	9.6	69.0%	74 (85.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	5 (5.7%)	59.3	263^rd of 656 public elementary schools	59.9%		49.8	329^th of 653 public elementary schools	49.6%	66	53.8	66.7	61.8	46.2	50.0	52.9	38.5	38.5	$21,025	$2,191	$18,834

Cities Near Zip Code 66528

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Quenemo	0.08 mi	1	134^th
Pomona	4.92 mi	3	260^th
Melvern	7.64 mi	2	92^nd
Williamsburg	7.95 mi	1	207^th
Lyndon	8.26 mi	2	221^st

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kansas State Department of Education.

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