Summary:
ZIP code 67005 includes eight schools: six elementary schools serving PK–5, one middle school and one high school, all in the Arkansas City area. Across the elementary schools, average proficiency is 37% in ELA, 30% in math and 27% in science, compared with state rates of 46%, 41% and 38%. Results vary widely: the gap between the highest- and lowest-scoring elementary schools is 33 points in ELA, 31 in math and 33 in science. The most important finding is that the ZIP-code average hides sharply different school results: C 4 Elementary is above the state in all three subjects, while the elementary average is below it in all three.
C 4 Elementary is the clear academic leader, with 56% proficiency in ELA, 48% in math and 50% in science—10, 7 and 12 points above state rates. Its results exceed the average of the other five elementary schools by 23 points in ELA, 22 in math and 27 in science. Jefferson Elementary is next strongest overall, near the state in ELA and math at 45% and 40%. At the lower end, Frances Willard Elementary has the lowest ELA and math results among the eight schools, at 24% and 17%; Arkansas City High is lowest in science at 13%.
Recent elementary trends are mixed: average ELA was essentially flat from 2024–25 to 2025–26, math rose 2 points and science fell 2 points. I X L Elementary had a notable ELA decline, from 40% to 28%, while C 4 Elementary’s science result fell from 63% to 50% but remained above the state rate. SchoolDigger ranks C 4 251st of 657, in the 62nd percentile with three stars; Frances Willard ranks 619th, in the 6th percentile with no stars. School characteristics offer context, not explanations: elementary student–teacher ratios range from 11.9 at Roosevelt Elementary to 17.5 at Frances Willard. The high school also reports chronic absenteeism of 41%, versus 18% statewide, alongside a graduation rate of 86% and dropout rate of 4%.
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