Summary:
ZIP code 66953 has two Barnes USD schools: Linn Elementary, serving pre-K–8, and Linn High, serving grades 9–12. In 2025–26, both were above state proficiency in all-grades ELA and math, but their science results differed sharply. The most important contrast is science: Elementary was well above the state, while High was well below it.
Linn Elementary stands out in science, with 62% proficiency compared with 14% at Linn High—a 48-point gap; those results were 24 points above and 24 points below the 38% state rate, respectively. High led in ELA and math: 67% versus 56% in ELA, and 56% versus 52% in math. Both schools exceeded the state in those subjects: their ELA results were 10 and 21 points above the state, and their math results were 11 and 15 points above. The two-school science average was about 38%, nearly identical to the state, but hides the schools’ very different results.
Recent results moved in opposite directions: Elementary fell 16 points in ELA, 17 in math and 17 in science from 2024–25, while High rose 44 points in ELA and 9 in math; no prior-year High science figure is provided. SchoolDigger’s rankings also shifted: Elementary went from 8 of 656 to 389 of 657, while High improved from 185 of 332 to 100 of 340. Elementary has 161 students and a 13.1 student-teacher ratio; High has 66 students and a 7.6 ratio. Reported lunch rates were similar, about 34% at each school. Absenteeism is another notable difference: 4% at Elementary versus 40% at High and 18% statewide. These figures describe different grade spans and do not establish why results differ.
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