Summary:
ZIP code 66616 has one listed middle school, Chase Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 390 students. It is part of Topeka Public Schools. The key finding for families is that Chase’s 2025–26 proficiency was below state results in ELA, math, and science.
Because Chase is the only school listed, it is both the area’s top and bottom school by default, with no school-to-school comparison available. Its strongest subject relative to the state was science: 21% of students were proficient, compared with 38% statewide, a gap of 17 percentage points. ELA had the largest gap, at 20% versus 46% statewide, or 26 points; math was 17% versus 41%, or 24 points. Chase was also below district results in all three subjects: about 20% versus 30% in ELA, 17% versus 25% in math, and 21% versus 24% in science.
Recent results show a mixed picture: science improved while ELA and math fell farther behind the state. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, Chase’s science proficiency rose by 3 points, while the state’s fell by 3; Chase’s math rose by 1 point, but the state’s rose by 2, and Chase’s ELA was essentially unchanged as the state’s increased by 1. The state gap narrowed by 6 points in science, but widened by 2 in ELA and 1 in math. SchoolDigger ranked Chase in the 6th percentile in both 2024–25 and 2025–26, down from the 9th percentile in 2023–24. Other context measures include a student–teacher ratio of 10 and a free/reduced-lunch rate of 96%; the school’s 1% dropout rate matched the state’s and was below the district’s 4%.
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