Summary:
ZIP code 66839 has one listed middle school, Burlington Middle School 5–8, serving grades 5–8 and enrolling 242 students. With no other listed middle schools in the area, families can compare its results with Kansas and district figures, rather than with a nearby school. The clearest strength is achievement in science and math: in 2025–26, the school scored about 9 percentage points above Kansas in each subject.
There is no local top-versus-bottom school comparison, but results differ notably by grade. Overall, the school was about level with Kansas in ELA (46% at the school and 46% statewide), while scoring 50% in math versus 41% statewide and 48% in science versus 38%. Grade 8 math is a particular strength: 59%, about 19 points above the state. Grade 5 is the clearest relative weakness, with math at 35% versus 45% statewide and ELA at 41% versus 51%. The pattern is not uniformly weaker in grade 5 across subjects: grade 8 ELA was also above the state, 45% versus 42%, and grade 7 ELA was 52% versus 44%.
Results improved most clearly in science, while the school’s ELA comparison with the state weakened. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, school science results rose 4 points and math rose 2, while ELA was essentially unchanged; the science advantage over Kansas widened by 7 points, and the math advantage stayed about the same. SchoolDigger’s ranking also improved, from 177th of 362 schools (51st percentile) in 2023–24 to 72nd of 368 (80th percentile) in 2025–26. Chronic absenteeism was 7%, compared with 10% in the Burlington district and 18% statewide. The listed student-teacher ratio is 10.7, and the free/reduced-lunch rate is 45%; these are useful context, not explanations for achievement.
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