Summary:
ZIP code 66857 has one listed middle school, Southern Coffey County Middle School, serving grades 6–8 with 50 students. In 2025–2026, its proficiency was below Kansas results in English Language Arts (ELA), math and science; the most important finding is that ELA was furthest behind, at 21% proficient compared with 46% statewide.
Because it is the only school listed, Southern Coffey County Middle School is the area’s sole “top” and “bottom” school, not a meaningful winner or loser among local peers. Math was its relative strength: 34% were proficient, 7 percentage points below the state and nearly level with the LeRoy-Gridley district. Science was 23%, 15 points below the state, while ELA was 25 points below. Grade-level math results show a striking difference: sixth graders were at 41%, nearly matching the state, while eighth graders were at 15%, 24 points below it. Chronic absenteeism was 25%, compared with 15% districtwide and 18% statewide. With no other listed middle schools, there is no meaningful local school-to-school comparison.
Recent results are mixed: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, math proficiency rose 11 percentage points and science rose 2, while ELA fell 5. The math gap with the state narrowed from 16 points to 7, and the science gap narrowed from 20 to 15; the ELA gap widened from 19 to 25. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking improved from 349th of 362 schools in 2023–2024 to 322nd of 368 in 2025–2026, with its percentile moving from 4 to 12 and its star rating from zero to one. Other reported context includes a 12.1 student-teacher ratio and 64% free/reduced-lunch eligibility, both from 2024–2025.
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