Best High Schools in Zip Code 66739

Zip code 66739 has two high schools serving grades 9–12: Galena High, with 236 students, and Galena Virtual School, with 19. Only Galena High has reported test scores, so the schools cannot be compared academically. In 2025–2026, Galena High’s proficiency was below the state in ELA (34% vs. 46%), math (31% vs. 41%) and science (26% vs. 38%); below-state results in all three subjects are the clearest academic concern.

Galena High’s ELA result was its strongest of the three subjects, while science was its lowest; its state gaps were 11 points in ELA, 10 in math and 12 in science. Its grade-matched results were slightly above the Galena district in 10th-grade ELA by 1 point, 10th-grade math by 0.4 points and 11th-grade science by 0.1 point, but remained 6, 6 and 4 points below the state, respectively. Galena Virtual School stands out for concerning attendance and dropout figures: chronic absenteeism was 67%, 44 points above the district and 49 above the state; its dropout rate was 63%, compared with 3% and 1%, respectively.

Galena High’s ELA and math results declined from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 as state results rose: school ELA fell 6 points while the state gained 1, and school math fell 5 while the state gained 2. The gaps widened by 8 points in ELA and 7 in math. SchoolDigger’s ranking history also rose and then fell: the school moved from the 43rd percentile in 2023–2024 to the 60th in 2024–2025, then to the 32nd in 2025–2026 (rank 230 of 340). Other context includes a student–teacher ratio of 11.6 and a free/reduced-lunch rate of 58% at Galena High; its 2023–2024 graduation rate was 82%, compared with 90% statewide.