Summary:
Zip code 66966 has one middle school, Pike Valley Junior High, serving grades 7–8 and enrolling 30 students. Its latest results show stronger proficiency than Kansas statewide in all three reported subjects: 70% in English language arts (ELA), 61% in math, and 69% in science, compared with 46%, 41%, and 38% statewide. The most important finding is that the school was ahead of the state by 24 points in ELA, 20 points in math, and 31 points in science.
There is no second school in the ZIP code to compare, so no local top or bottom school; within Pike Valley Junior High, science has the largest advantage over the state, while math is the school’s lowest-scoring subject. Grade 8 ELA is especially strong at 81%, versus 42% statewide, a 39-point difference; grade 8 science is 69%, 30 points above the state. Grade 8 results also exceed grade 7 results in ELA by 22 points and math by 16 points. Attendance comparisons are mixed: chronic absenteeism is 15%, below the state’s 18% but above the Pike Valley district’s 8%. The reported dropout rate was 10%, compared with 4% for the district.
Results improved over the two reported years, and the school’s advantage over Kansas widened in every subject. Proficiency rose 10 points in ELA, 7 in math, and 2 in science; the state’s results rose 1 point in ELA and 2 in math, while science fell 3 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking also moved upward, from 69th of 362 schools (81st percentile) in 2023–24 to 14th of 368 (96th percentile) in 2025–26. The school has a student–teacher ratio of 7.6 and a free/reduced-lunch rate of 37%; these figures describe its context, not a basis for comparing it with other local schools. The ZIP code has just one school, and the supplied data do not include the student counts behind proficiency percentages.
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