Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 66606

ZIP code 66606 has one middle school, Landon Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 430 students. With no other middle schools in the ZIP code, families can compare Landon’s results with Kansas and the Topeka Public Schools district, but not with nearby school peers. In 2025–26, Landon’s proficiency was below Kansas in English language arts (ELA), math and science, but above the district in all three. The clearest strength in that comparison is math: Landon was 5 points below the state in math, versus 11 points in ELA and 12 in science.

Landon is the sole local entry, so it cannot be called the top or bottom school among ZIP-code peers. Its strongest subject relative to Kansas was math, with 36% proficient compared with 41% statewide; its weakest was science, at 26% compared with 38%. ELA proficiency was 35%, versus 46% statewide. Landon was above district results in ELA (35% versus 30%), math (36% versus 25%) and science (26% versus 24%). Seventh grade was a relative bright spot: 43% were proficient in ELA, about 1 point below the state, and 40% in math, 2 points above it. By contrast, sixth- and eighth-grade ELA and math results were below their state comparisons; eighth-grade science was 26%, 13 points below the state. SchoolDigger gives Landon 2 stars and ranks it 253rd of 368 schools, at the 31st percentile.

Recent results are mixed rather than improving across the board. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, Landon’s math proficiency rose 8 points, narrowing its gap with Kansas from 10 points to 5; ELA fell 1 point and its state gap widened from 9 to 11 points. Science fell 5 points, and its gap widened from 10 to 12. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking slipped from 38 to 28, then recovered to 31, so the latest result is a partial rebound. Other measures offer context: the student-teacher ratio was 12.9 and the free/reduced-lunch rate was 68% in 2024–25. Chronic absenteeism was 13% in 2025–26, below the district’s 24% and the state’s 18%; the 2024–25 dropout rate was 2%, below the district’s 4% but above the state’s 1%.