Summary:
ZIP code 67039 has one middle school, Marvin Sisk Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 118 students. Its results are best understood against Kansas and the Douglass Public Schools district, rather than against other schools in the ZIP code. The most important finding is that science is the school’s strongest subject relative to Kansas, while all-grades ELA and math results remain below state rates.
Because it is the only school listed, Marvin Sisk is both the area’s highest- and lowest-scoring school, with no meaningful school-to-school gap. In 2025–2026, its science proficiency was 42%, 3 percentage points above Kansas, though 3 points below the district. ELA was 43%, 3 points below Kansas and about even with the district; math was 38%, 3 points below Kansas and 4 points below the district. Sixth grade stands out: ELA was 51%, 9 points above the state, and math was 44%, 3 points above. By contrast, grades 7 and 8 were below state rates in both subjects; for example, grade 7 math was 5 points below Kansas.
Results improved from the prior year in all three subjects, with science making the clearest turnaround: it rose from 36% to 42%, while Kansas fell from 41% to 38%, shifting the school from 6 points below the state to 3 points above. ELA rose from 38% to 43% and math from 33% to 38%, narrowing—but not closing—their state gaps. SchoolDigger’s ranking rebounded from the 45th percentile in 2024–2025 to the 51st in 2025–2026, after 64th in 2023–2024; its rating also rose from 2 stars to 3. The student–teacher ratio is 8.3, and the 2024–2025 free/reduced-lunch rate was 49%. Chronic absenteeism was 17.5%, close to the state’s 17.8% and 4 percentage points above the district’s 13.6%. These context figures do not establish what drives achievement.
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