Summary:
ZIP code 66710 has one listed elementary school, Altoona-Midway Elementary, serving prekindergarten through grade 5 and enrolling 72 students. There is no second school in the ZIP code for a school-to-school comparison. The most important finding is the sharp subject split: in 2025–26, the school’s science proficiency was 22 percentage points above the state rate, while its mathematics proficiency was 13 points below it.
Because it is the only school listed, Altoona-Midway Elementary is both the highest- and lowest-scoring school in this ZIP-code set by default. Its strongest result was science: 60% proficient, compared with 38% statewide and 25% in the Altoona-Midway district. ELA was also above the state rate, at 50% versus 46%, while mathematics was 28% versus 41% statewide. Grade-level results add an important caution: grade 4 ELA was 55%, above the state’s 50%, but grade 3 ELA was 25%, below the state’s 52%; mathematics was below state rates in both reported grades, especially grade 4 (9% versus 44%). Grade 5 science was 60%, compared with 46% statewide.
Recent results show mathematics moving further behind the state benchmark: the school’s rate fell from 31% in 2024–25 to 28% in 2025–26 as the state rate rose from 39% to 41%. ELA stayed near 50% while the state improved, slightly narrowing the school’s advantage. SchoolDigger ranks the school 474th of 657, at the 28th percentile and one star, compared with the 90th percentile in 2023–24; its 2022–23 rank was at the 34th percentile. The school’s student–teacher ratio is 8.4 and its free/reduced-lunch rate is 69%; these are observations, not explanations for results. Chronic absenteeism was 21%, compared with 12% in the district and 18% statewide.
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