Schools in Zip Code 66872

Zip code 66872 has two schools in the Rural Vista district: White City Elementary, serving prekindergarten through eighth grade, and White City High, serving grades nine through twelve. In 2025–26, the elementary school was above the state in all three all-grades subjects, while the high school was slightly above the state in ELA but well below it in math and science. The most important concern is the high school’s math proficiency: 20%, compared with 41% statewide.

White City Elementary stands out for its stronger all-grades results: 52% in ELA, 47% in math and 42% in science, each above the state. White City High had 47% in ELA—about 1 point above the state—but its math was 21 points below the state and 27 points below the elementary school; its science result was also 15 points below the elementary school’s. Elementary results vary sharply by grade: fourth grade reached 92% in ELA and 100% in math, while sixth grade was 23% in both subjects, below the state by 19 points in ELA and 18 in math. At the high school, grade 10 ELA was a brighter spot, at 47% versus 41% statewide.

Recent results improved at the elementary school and in high-school ELA, but high-school math declined: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, elementary ELA rose from 44% to 52% and math from 34% to 47%; high-school ELA rose from 38% to 47%, while math fell from 23% to 20%. SchoolDigger ranked the elementary school at the 53rd percentile and the high school at the 38th in 2025–26; the high school had been at the 84th percentile in 2023–24. The high school also had higher chronic absenteeism—38%, versus 4% at the elementary school and 18% statewide. Its student–teacher ratio was lower, 8.1 compared with 11.4, and its free/reduced-lunch rate was 36%, compared with 48% at the elementary school. These schools serve different grades, so all-grades results are not direct same-grade comparisons.