Summary:
Zip code 67017 has one middle school, Circle Middle School, serving grades 7–8 and 312 students; its results can be compared with Kansas and the Circle district. In 2025–26, the school was slightly above Kansas in English Language Arts (ELA) and science, but its math proficiency was 9 points below the state’s (32% versus 41%). The clearest concern for families is mathematics, where results were below the state in both grades.
There is no meaningful top-versus-bottom school comparison because Circle Middle School is the only school in the list. Its strongest showing was eighth-grade ELA: 50% proficient, 8 points above the state result. Seventh-grade ELA was about 1 point below the state (43.6% versus 44.1%), while math lagged in both grades: seventh grade was 30% versus 38% statewide, and eighth grade was 34% versus 40%. Across all grades, the school was 1 point above Kansas in ELA (47% versus 46%) and science (39% versus 38%), but 9 points behind in math.
Results shifted differently by subject over the two reported years. Science improved from 35% to 39% at the school while falling from 41% to 38% statewide, moving Circle from 7 points below Kansas to 1 point above. ELA fell from 49% to 47%, while the state rose from 44% to 46%, narrowing the school’s advantage. Math declined from 36% to 32% as Kansas rose from 39% to 41%, widening the school’s deficit. SchoolDigger’s ranking also moved down, from 121st of 362 schools (67th percentile) in 2023–24 to 171st of 368 (54th percentile) in 2025–26. Chronic absenteeism was 24%, compared with 17% in the district and 18% statewide; the school’s student–teacher ratio was 13.8 and its free/reduced-lunch rate was 42%.
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