Best Public Schools in Zip Code 66739

Schools in ZIP code 66739 include five schools—two elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools—serving students from the primary grades through high school. Three schools report 2025–26 proficiency results; Spring Grove Primary Center and Galena Virtual School have no results in the supplied data. The reported results vary by school and subject, but the clearest shared concern is science: the three reporting schools averaged 28% proficient, 10 percentage points below the state’s 38%.

Liberty Elementary stands out in ELA, with 51% proficiency—6 points above the state and the highest reported result. Galena Middle School leads reported math and science, at 40% and 34%, respectively, though those results are 1 and 4 points below state levels. Galena High has the lowest reported all-grades results in every subject: 34% in ELA, 31% in math and 26% in science—11, 10 and 12 points below the state. Grade-level results add nuance: Galena Middle’s eighth-grade ELA and math were above state results, at 55% versus 42% and 45% versus 40%.

Recent results show a tougher overall picture: the reporting schools’ average fell 3 points in ELA and 4 points in math from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while state averages rose 1 and 2 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings also fell at all three schools over that period: Galena High moved from the 60th to the 32nd percentile, Galena Middle from the 70th to the 51st, and Liberty from the 41st to the 35th. Smaller classes or lower reported lunch rates do not neatly track stronger results: Galena High had the lowest student–teacher ratio, 11.6, but the lowest scores, while Galena Middle had the highest ratio, 13.0, and led in math and science. Galena Virtual’s non-test measures are notable: chronic absenteeism was 67%, and its reported dropout rate was 63%, compared with 1% statewide.