Summary:
ZIP code 66542 has one listed middle school, Shawnee Heights Middle, serving grades 7–8 and enrolling 540 students, so there are no other local middle schools for a direct comparison. In 2025–26, the school was above Kansas in all three reported subjects; its clearest advantage was in science, with 44% proficient compared with 38% statewide, a 6-point lead.
Compared with the state, the school’s all-grade results were 1 point higher in ELA (47% versus 46%), 3 points higher in math (44% versus 41%), and 6 points higher in science (44% versus 38%). Grade-level results were also above state figures in every comparison provided: 7th-grade math led by 6 points and ELA by 2; 8th-grade results led by 5 points in ELA, math, and science. Because it is the only school listed, there is no local top or bottom school to identify; these figures show how it compares with Kansas instead.
Results increased from 2024–25 to 2025–26 in all three subjects, though by different amounts: ELA rose about 1 point, math 3 points, and science less than 1 point. State ELA and math also rose, while state science fell 3 points; the school’s ELA advantage narrowed from 1.4 to 0.8 points, while its math advantage grew from 2.8 to 3.2 and its science advantage from 2.6 to 6.2. SchoolDigger gives the school 3 stars and ranks it 112th of 368, at the 70th percentile, up from the 60th percentile in 2023–24. Chronic absenteeism was 11%, below the Shawnee Heights district’s 20% and the state’s 18%. The reported student-teacher ratio is 12.6, and the 2024–25 free/reduced-lunch rate was 43%.
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