Schools in Zip Code 66612

ZIP code 66612 has two schools in Topeka Public Schools: Williams Science and Fine Arts Magnet School, serving pre-K–5, and Topeka High, serving grades 9–12. Together they offer families an elementary and a high-school option, but no middle-school grades are represented. Both schools’ reported all-grades proficiency results are below state levels in ELA, math, and science; math is the clearest shared challenge, with the schools’ equal-weight average 16 points below the state.

Williams has the stronger reported all-grades math and science results: 28% proficient in math versus 23% at Topeka High, and 34% in science versus 22%. ELA is nearly tied—35.2% at Topeka High and 34.7% at Williams—with both below the state’s 46%. Williams’ grade-level results are uneven: its largest same-grade shortfall is fifth-grade ELA, 24 points below the state, while fourth-grade math is 12 points below. Topeka High’s standout is graduation: 94% in 2023–24, compared with 90% statewide and 82% districtwide. Its 2025–26 chronic absenteeism rate was also high at 41%, versus 21% at Williams, 24% districtwide, and 18% statewide.

Recent academic trends are mostly flat or modest: Topeka High’s ELA was essentially unchanged and math rose 2 points from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while Williams’ ELA slipped slightly and math was nearly unchanged; state ELA and math rose 1 and 2 points, respectively. Williams’ science proficiency fell 1 point, but its gap to the state narrowed from 6 points to 4 as the state result also declined. SchoolDigger gave both schools one star in 2025–26; Topeka High ranked at the 24th percentile and Williams at the 17th. Williams has a lower student–teacher ratio (10.7 versus 14.6), while its free/reduced-price-lunch rate is higher (93% versus 67%); these figures describe different school contexts but do not explain the achievement differences. The schools serve different grade spans, so their all-grades results are not same-grade comparisons.