Summary:
ZIP code 67019 has two schools: Central Elementary, serving prekindergarten through grade 6, and Central Junior-Senior High, serving grades 7–12. Their results vary notably by subject, with neither school leading across the board. Mathematics is the clearest shared concern: both schools went from above the state result in 2024–2025 to below it in 2025–2026, scoring 37% and 37% against the state’s 41%.
The high school stands out in all-grades English language arts, scoring 49% versus 43% at the elementary school—a 6-point difference; the high school was 3 points above the state, while the elementary school was 3 points below. Science shows the reverse and the biggest school-to-school gap: the elementary school scored 59%, 28 points above the high school’s 31%; those results were 21 points above and 7 points below the state, respectively. Grade results add important detail: elementary grade 5 science was 13 points above the state, while grade 4 ELA and math were 24 and 13 points below. At the high school, grade 7 ELA was 12 points above the state.
Recent trends also differ by subject. The schools’ equal-weight average math score fell from 45% to 37% as the state result rose from 39% to 41%; ELA’s average rose from 45% to 46%, roughly keeping pace with the state, while science’s average fell from 50% to 45% and its lead over the state narrowed from 9 to 7 points. SchoolDigger’s latest percentile ranks are 41 for the elementary school and 54 for the high school; the elementary school has 2 stars and the high school 3. The high school also reported a 100% graduation rate, 11 points above the state, while chronic absenteeism was 12% at the elementary school and 15% at the high school, compared with 18% statewide. Reported student-teacher ratios were 17 and 8.2, and free/reduced-lunch rates were 50% and 49%, respectively; these are contextual figures, not explanations for results. All-grades comparisons cover different grade spans.
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