Summary:
Zip code 66542 has four Tecumseh South Elementary, Tecumseh North Elementary, Shawnee Heights Middle and Shawnee Heights High schools, serving elementary through high school and enrolling 2,657 students altogether. The schools’ average proficiency rates are 48% in English, 42% in math and 40% in science—about 2, 1 and 2 points above state results, respectively. But results vary widely by school, especially in math: the most important finding is that an area-wide average hides a substantial difference in what families may see at individual schools.
Tecumseh South leads in English and math, with 55% and 56% proficient—about 9 and 15 points above the state. Tecumseh North has the highest science result at 45%, but the lowest math result at 33%, about 8 points below the state. The largest school-to-school gap is in math: South is 23 points ahead of North. Shawnee Heights Middle is above the state in all three subjects, including science by 6 points; Shawnee Heights High has the lowest English and science results. SchoolDigger ranks Middle in the 70th percentile among Kansas schools and North in the 34th.
Results improved overall between the two years reported, but not at every school. The four-school English average rose 5 points, from 43% to 48%, and the math average rose 4 points, from 39% to 42%. Math increased at three schools but fell 2 points at North, to 33%. SchoolDigger’s rankings also show different paths: Middle rose 10 percentile points to the 70th percentile, while North fell 22 points to the 34th. Attendance may also matter to families comparing the older-grade schools: chronic absenteeism was 11% at Middle and 34% at High, compared with 18% statewide. Because the schools serve different grade spans, results for a student’s grade can add useful context to these overall comparisons.
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