Summary:
Zip code 66604 has one listed middle school, Robinson Middle School, serving grades 6–8 with 361 students in Topeka Public Schools. In 2025–26, its proficiency rates were 28% in English language arts (ELA), 20% in math and 23% in science; chronic absenteeism was 38%. The most important finding is that proficiency was below Kansas’s in all three subjects, with the widest gap in math at 21 percentage points.
There is no school-to-school leader or lower performer to compare in this ZIP code; Robinson is the only school listed. Against the district, it was lower by 2 points in ELA, 6 in math and 1 in science. Against Kansas, it was lower by 18 points in ELA, 21 in math and 16 in science. Science was therefore its closest subject to the state, though still below it; math was the clearest area of concern. Grade-level results add nuance: seventh- and eighth-grade ELA were 4 and 6 points above district results, respectively, while sixth-grade math was 8 points below the district and 29 below the state.
Results moved in different directions from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA was roughly unchanged, while math fell 3 points and science fell 7. Kansas improved in ELA and math, so Robinson’s gaps widened by 1 point in ELA, 5 in math and 4 in science. SchoolDigger ranks it 327th of 368 Kansas middle schools, in the 11th percentile; its rank improved from 314th to 306th before slipping to 327th. Other context includes an 11-to-1 student-teacher ratio and 79% free/reduced-lunch eligibility. Its absenteeism rate was 14 points above the district and 20 above the state. These figures describe the school’s context, but the data do not establish why results differ.
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