Best Public Schools in Zip Code 66966

ZIP code 66966 has two schools serving grades 7–12: Pike Valley Junior High (grades 7–8) and Pike Valley High (grades 9–12). The clearest takeaway is that the junior high’s reported results are strong, while the high school’s most notable weakness is ELA.

Pike Valley Junior High stands out at the top of the 2025–26 results: its proficiency rates were 70% in ELA, 61% in math and 69% in science, beating state rates by 24, 20 and 31 percentage points, respectively. Pike Valley High had the weaker reported profile, especially in ELA: 19% versus 46% statewide; its math rate was 40%, about 1 point below the state, and its science rate was 33%, 5 points below. Because the schools serve different grade spans, their All Grades rates are not direct same-grade comparisons.

The recent score trends also differ: junior-high proficiency rose in all three subjects from 2024–25 to 2025–26—by 10 points in ELA, 7 in math and 2 in science—while high-school ELA fell 21 points and math was essentially unchanged. SchoolDigger rankings mirror that contrast: the junior high rose from the 81st percentile in 2023–24 to the 96th in 2025–26, earning five stars and ranking 14th of 368; the high school ended at the 37th percentile, with two stars and a rank of 215th of 340, after reaching the 63rd percentile the prior year. Other measures offer useful context: the high school’s graduation rate was 92% versus 90% statewide, and chronic absenteeism was 9% versus 18%. In 2024–25, enrollment was 30 at the junior high and 51 at the high school; student–teacher ratios were 7.6 and 6.2, and free/reduced-lunch rates were 37% and 39%, respectively.