Summary:
Zip code 66835 has one listed school, NLC Elementary School, a PK–8 school with 223 students in the North Lyon County district. With no other listed school for comparison, NLC is the full picture for this area. Its all-grades results were 50% proficient in English language arts (ELA), 38% in math, and 65% in science; compared with Kansas, ELA was 4 points higher and math 3 points lower. Science is the clearest strength: NLC’s 65% proficiency was about 26 points above the state’s 38%.
Results vary substantially by grade, so the all-grades figures do not describe every student’s experience. ELA was strongest in grade 8, at 79% proficient versus 42% statewide, and lowest in grade 7, at 30% versus 44% statewide. Math also had its lowest result in grade 7, at 25% compared with 38% statewide; grade 5 was highest, at 53% versus 45%. Science was above the state in both reported grades: 65% in grade 5 versus 46% statewide, and 64% in grade 8 versus 39%. Thus, the clearest grade-level bright spots are grade 8 ELA and science in both grades reported, while grade 7 is the main concern in ELA and math.
Recent results moved in different directions: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, NLC’s ELA proficiency fell by about 1 point, math by about 3 points, and science rose by about 2 points. SchoolDigger gives NLC three stars; its statewide rank shifted from 325th of 653 schools in 2023–24 to 308th of 656 in 2024–25, then to 320th of 657 in 2025–26—modest fluctuation rather than a steady rise. The student–teacher ratio was 11.6 in 2024–25, and the free/reduced-lunch rate was 48%; these are context, not explanations for results. Chronic absenteeism was 17%, close to the district’s 17% and the state’s 18%. Because the zip-code data lists only one school, it cannot show how NLC compares with other local schools.
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