Summary:
Zip code 66618 has two Seaman elementary schools serving kindergarten through grade 6: West Indianola (395 students) and Elmont (303 students). In 2025–26, both schools’ all-grade proficiency results were above the state in English language arts (ELA), math, and science. The two-school average was 56% in ELA, 56% in math, and 58% in science, compared with state results of 46%, 41%, and 38%. The clearest overall strength is science, where the schools’ average was 20 percentage points above the state; their smallest advantage was 10 points in ELA.
Each school leads in different areas: Elmont is strongest in all-grade math at 62%, 12 points ahead of West Indianola at 50%; West Indianola leads in science, 61% to 56%; and Elmont narrowly leads in ELA, 57% to 55%. The grade-level picture adds useful detail: Elmont leads in math at every tested grade, with its biggest advantage in grade 4, at 18 points. In ELA, however, West Indianola leads in grades 3 and 4, while Elmont leads in grades 5 and 6; Elmont’s grade 3 and 4 ELA results are below the state.
Recent results are mixed, and SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rankings have fallen at both schools even as their current proficiency remains above state levels. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, science rose by 11 points at West Indianola and 7 at Elmont; ELA fell by 6 points at Elmont, while math fell by 9 at West Indianola. SchoolDigger places Elmont at the 75th percentile, down from the 92nd in 2023–24, and West Indianola at the 68th, down from the 77th. The schools have similar reported free/reduced-lunch rates—29% at West Indianola and 28% at Elmont—and student–teacher ratios of 14.5 and 15.8, respectively. Reported chronic absenteeism is 11% at West Indianola versus 3% at Elmont. These contextual figures do not explain the achievement differences; grade-level science results are available only for grade 5.
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