Summary:
Zip code 67004 has one listed elementary school, Argonia Elementary, serving prekindergarten through grade 5 and enrolling 65 students. With no other school in the list, families cannot compare local schools against one another. The clearest achievement finding is that Argonia’s 2025–26 all-grades results were above Kansas results in every reported subject: ELA was 60% versus 46% statewide, math was 54% versus 41%, and science was 50% versus 38%.
Argonia Elementary is the only school, so there is no local top or bottom school; compared with the state, its strongest results were in grade 4. Fourth-grade ELA was 82% versus 50% statewide, a 32-point advantage, and math was 73% versus 44%, a 28-point advantage. Results were more mixed in other grades: fifth-grade ELA was 50% versus 51% statewide and math was 43% versus 45%; third-grade ELA was 50% versus 52%, while math was 50% versus 43%. Grade 5 science was 50% versus 46%. Attendance is another favorable comparison: chronic absenteeism was 5%, compared with 18% statewide, a 13-point difference.
Recent all-grades trends differ by subject: math improved, while ELA edged down. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, Argonia math rose from 48% to 54%, and its advantage over the state widened from 10 to 13 points; ELA slipped from 61% to 60%, while its state advantage narrowed from 16 to 14 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile standing rose to the 69th percentile in 2025–26, from the 45th in 2023–24 and the 55th in 2021–22; its reported rank improved from 357 of 653 schools to 205 of 657. The student-teacher ratio was 7.6, and 57% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–25; these figures provide context, not an explanation for the results. With only 65 students, results can be sensitive to a small number of students.
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