Summary:
Zip code 66720 has three Chanute Elementary (PK–5), Chanute Middle (6–8), and Chanute High (9–12), all part of Chanute Public Schools. Their 2025–26 results show meaningful differences by subject and school, rather than one consistent area-wide pattern. The clearest overall finding is that High leads in math, while science is the biggest weakness across the three schools.
Chanute High stands out in both ELA and math: it scored 48% in ELA and 50% in math, the highest results in the group, and its math result was 9 percentage points above the state. SchoolDigger ranks it 90th among 340 Kansas high schools, at the 74th percentile, with four stars. Chanute Middle led science at 35%, ahead of High at 31% and Chanute Elementary at 27%; even Middle was 3 points below the state. Elementary had the lowest math result, 34%—7 points below state—and its science score was 11 points below state. Across the three schools, math had the widest spread, at 16 points from highest to lowest.
Math results improved most recently: the unweighted average across the schools rose 7 points from 2024–25 to 2025–26, compared with a 2-point state increase. High’s math rose 12 points and Middle’s 6, while Elementary’s increased 2; Elementary’s ELA fell 4 points and science fell 5. High’s ELA rose 5 points, and Middle’s rose 3. SchoolDigger’s ranking percentile moved from 66 to 74 for High in the latest year, while Elementary’s declined from 34 to 25 between 2023–24 and 2025–26; Middle rose from 43 to 46. School context also differs: Elementary had the lowest student–teacher ratio at 11.7 and a 67% free/reduced-lunch rate, while High had the highest ratio at 13.1 and a 53% rate. These figures are context, not an explanation for test results; school grade spans differ, so All Grades comparisons are broad snapshots rather than same-grade comparisons.
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