Summary:
ZIP code 66531 has one listed high school, Riley County High School, serving grades 9–12 with 232 students. Because it is the only school in the list, there is no local school-to-school comparison. In 2025–26, it scored above Kansas in ELA, math, and science, though below the Riley County district in all three; its clearest overall strength is outperforming the state across every tested subject.
Riley County High School is the sole local entry, rather than a meaningful local top or bottom school. Its strongest result relative to Kansas was math: 59% proficiency, 18 points above the state; ELA was 63%, 17 points above, and science was 47%, 9 points above. The district provides a more demanding comparison: the school was behind district results by 5 points in ELA, 8 in math, and 12 in science. SchoolDigger ranked it 21st of 340 Kansas high schools for 2025–26, at the 94th percentile, and gave it 5 stars. Graduation was 95% in 2023–24, matching the district and 6 points above the state; chronic absenteeism was 10%, 8 points below Kansas.
Recent subject trends are mixed: ELA improved while math slipped. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, the school’s ELA proficiency rose from 59% to 63%, widening its lead over Kansas by 2 points. Math fell from 61% to 59% as the state improved, narrowing the school’s advantage by 4 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking rose from 76th in 2023–24 to 19th in 2024–25, then stood at 21st in 2025–26. The school’s student–teacher ratio is 10.4, and its free/reduced-lunch rate was 21% in 2024–25; these figures offer context but do not explain its results.
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