Summary:
ZIP code 66937 has two schools in the Clifton-Clyde district: Clifton-Clyde Grade School K-3, serving kindergarten through grade 3, and Clifton-Clyde Middle School, serving grades 4–8. Their reported results show a split rather than one consistent area-wide picture: the grade school is well above Kansas in all-grades ELA and math, while the middle school is below the state in those subjects. That contrast is the most important finding for families comparing the schools.
The grade school stands out in 2025–26 ELA and math, with proficiency of 72% and 67%—about 26 percentage points above Kansas in each subject. The middle school’s all-grades results were 43% in ELA and 30% in math, about 3 and 11 points below state rates; however, its science result was 50%, about 12 points above Kansas. Middle-school results also vary by grade: math was 22–25 points below the state in grades 4 and 6, but eighth graders were 4 points above in math and about 10 points above in ELA. The two schools serve different grades, so their all-grades rates are not a same-grade comparison.
Recent trends are mixed. The grade school’s ELA rate fell 11 points year over year, while the middle school’s rose 2; the two-school average fell from 62% to 57%. Math moved slightly upward overall, from a 46% average to 48%, with the average lead over Kansas holding at about 7 points. Middle-school science rose 2 points as the state rate fell 3, widening its lead to 12 points. SchoolDigger lists the middle school at the 44th percentile in 2025–26, up from the 34th percentile the year before. The grade school has a lower student-teacher ratio (10.2 versus 12.7), and its free/reduced-lunch rate is 39% versus 46% at the middle school; both schools report chronic absenteeism well below the state rate (7% each versus 18%). These are useful points of context, not explanations for academic results.
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