Summary:
Zip code 67025 has three public schools in Cheney serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Cheney Elementary (395 students), Cheney Middle School (193), and Cheney High (235), for 823 students altogether. In 2025–2026, the schools’ average results were 20 percentage points above the state in English language arts (ELA), 25 points above in math, and 22 points above in science. Most notably, every school’s result exceeded the state rate in all three subjects; even the lowest school-subject result, High’s science proficiency, was 14 points above the state.
Different schools lead in different subjects. Elementary tops ELA at 71%, about 7 points above the average of the other two schools, while High has the lowest ELA result at 63%; Middle is close behind the leader at 64%. High leads math at 69%, about 5 points above the other schools’ average. In science, Middle narrowly leads at 64%, just under 1 point ahead of Elementary; High is lowest at 53%, 12 points below Middle. SchoolDigger’s current statewide rankings are strong for all three: High is 11th of 340 (97th percentile), Middle 20th of 368 (95th percentile), and Elementary 57th of 657 (91st percentile).
Recent changes are mixed: across the eight school-subject comparisons available for both years, the average advantage over the state narrowed from 27 points in 2024–2025 to 23 points in 2025–2026. ELA averages rose 2 points, but the math average fell 4 points, and Elementary and Middle science results fell by an average of 9 points. High’s SchoolDigger ranking nevertheless improved from the 91st to the 97th percentile since 2023–2024, while Elementary moved from the 96th to the 91st and Middle from the 96th to the 95th. High also has the lowest student-teacher ratio (9.6) and the highest reported chronic absenteeism (20%, versus 13% at Middle and 4% at Elementary); reported free/reduced-lunch rates are 21% at High, 22% at Middle, and 34% at Elementary.
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