Summary:
ZIP code 66604 has seven schools: four elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools, serving students from elementary grades through high school. Across the schools, average proficiency was 38% in ELA, 31% in math and 32% in science, compared with state rates of 46%, 41% and 38%. The clearest area-wide concern is math, where the average school result was 10 points below the state rate.
Whitson Elementary stands out at the top in all-grades results, with 55% proficiency in ELA, 40% in math and 60% in science; its science result is 22 points above the state rate. At the bottom, Hope Street Charter Academy recorded 25% in ELA, 6% in math and 21% in science. Grade-level leaders differ: Randolph Elementary leads grade 3 ELA and math, while Lowman Hill Elementary leads grade 4 math. In grade 10, Topeka West High outscored Hope Street by 14 points in ELA and 32 in math; both schools’ graduation rates were above the state rate.
Recent changes are mixed: the seven-school averages rose 2 points in both ELA and math, while science increased 3 points among the five schools with results in both years. Whitson drove much of that science improvement, rising 22 points, while results fell at some other schools. SchoolDigger gives Whitson 3 stars; Topeka West, McCarter Elementary and Randolph have 2, and the remaining schools have 1. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking rose from 31 to 41 for Topeka West but fell from 43 to 30 for McCarter. Whitson and McCarter have similar student-teacher ratios—12.8 and 12.4—yet Whitson’s all-grades results are higher in every subject. Hope Street has the smallest ratio, 6.2, alongside the lowest proficiency results; these figures describe differences, not their causes.
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