Summary:
Zip code 66839 has three Burlington public schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12, with 810 students combined: Burlington Elementary School, Burlington Middle School 5 - 8, and Burlington High. The most important distinction for families is that current results differ sharply by school and subject: Middle leads the group, while High has the weakest ELA and math results.
Burlington Middle School 5 - 8 is the top all-grades performer in 2025–26, with 46% proficient in ELA, 50% in math, and 48% in science. Its math and science scores are 9 percentage points above state results, while ELA is just below the state. At the other end, Burlington High has 22% proficient in ELA and 26% in math—24 and 15 points below the state, respectively. Its scores also trail the next-lowest school, Elementary, by 20 points in ELA and 15 in math. High’s profile is not weak across the board: its 11th-grade science result is 17 points above the state, and its graduation rate is 2 points higher.
Recent trends reinforce these differences. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, Elementary fell 16 points in ELA and 10 in math, while High fell 13 and 12 points; Middle’s ELA was essentially unchanged, and its math and science rose 2 and 4 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking percentile moved from 69th to 33rd for Elementary, rose from 51st to 80th for Middle, and edged up from 36th to 39th for High. High has the lowest student-teacher ratio at 9.6, compared with Middle’s 10.7 and Elementary’s 13.1, yet its ELA and math results are lowest. Free/reduced-price lunch rates range from 39% at High to 48% at Elementary; these are background measures, not explanations for school results.
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