Summary:
ZIP code 66605 has five schools: three elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. In 2025–26, the schools’ average reported proficiency was below the state result in ELA, math and science. Results also vary substantially: the gap between the highest- and lowest-scoring schools was 34 percentage points in ELA, 33 in math and 17 in science. The clearest takeaway is that the schools do not share one common performance profile.
Shawnee Heights Elementary leads the reported All Grades results, with 47% proficiency in ELA, 41% in math and 26% in science. It is ahead of the next-highest school by 16 points in ELA, 8 in math and 4 in science; its ELA is just above the state result, while its science is 13 points below. At the lower end, Eisenhower Middle School has the lowest ELA result at 13%, while Highland Park High is lowest in math and science, at 8% in each. Among elementary schools, fourth-grade math ranges from 20% at Ross Elementary to 48% at Shawnee Heights, with Highland Park Central at 44%.
Average proficiency rose from 2024–25 to 2025–26 in ELA, from 24% to 26%, and in math, from 17% to 21%. The comparable four-school science average increased from 18% to 19%, but the state’s science result fell from 41% to 38%; schools’ science results moved in different directions. Grade-level results offer useful distinctions: Highland Park Central outscored Ross in math in each of grades 3–5, by 9 to 24 points, alongside reported free/reduced-lunch rates of 94% and 87%, respectively—context, not an explanation for the results. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rank rose from 8th to 17th for Highland Park Central and from 34th to 38th for Shawnee Heights, but those rankings do not always track subject results: Shawnee Heights’ science proficiency fell 9 points over the two test years.
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