Summary:
Zip code 66617 has four Seaman district schools serving kindergarten through grade 12: two K–6 elementary schools, one grades 7–8 middle school and one grades 9–12 high school. The clearest same-grade comparison is between the elementary schools: North Fairview exceeded Northern Hills Elementary in ELA in all four grades shown and in math in grades 4–6. The most important finding is how large some of those gaps are: in grade 6, North Fairview led by 38 percentage points in ELA and 52 points in math.
North Fairview also led the supplied all-grades ELA and math results, at 61% and 55%, respectively—14 points above the next school in each subject. Northern Hills Elementary led science at 56%, 12 points above the next school and 18 points above the state rate; its math result, however, was 33%, 9 points below the state. Seaman High was above state rates in grade 10 ELA and math and grade 11 science, while Seaman Middle School was above the state in grade 8 science but below it in both listed ELA and math grades. Because the schools serve different grades, all-grades rates are a broad overview rather than a direct apples-to-apples comparison.
Recent results and rankings show different paths across the district. From 2023–24 to 2025–26, SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking rose from 25 to 72 for Seaman High and from 68 to 70 for North Fairview; it fell from 60 to 44 for Seaman Middle School and from 43 to 31 for Northern Hills Elementary. Across the schools, average ELA and math results moved farther from state results, while science’s advantage over the state was nearly unchanged. The elementary schools have similar student-teacher ratios—13.1 at North Fairview and 13.2 at Northern Hills—but different lunch rates, 37% and 45%; these are context measures, not explanations for results. Attendance also merits attention: Seaman High’s chronic absenteeism was 27%, versus the state’s 18%, despite its 95% graduation rate.
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