Summary:
Zip code 67053 has two Goessel schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Goessel High (grades 6–12) and Goessel Elementary (prekindergarten–grade 5). In 2025–2026, both schools’ all-grades proficiency rates were above the state’s in English language arts (ELA), math, and science. Math is the clearest strength, but it is concentrated at Elementary: its 72% rate was 26 percentage points above High’s 46%.
The schools stand out in different subjects: High led ELA, with 60% proficiency versus 56% at Elementary, while Elementary led math and science, with 72% in math and 41% in science versus High’s 46% and 39%. Both schools were above state rates in those subjects: 46% in ELA, 41% in math, and 38% in science. Grade-level results add important contrasts: High’s seventh-grade math rate was 14%, compared with 65% in tenth grade; Elementary’s fourth-grade math rate was 85%. ELA varied by grade, too: High’s seventh-grade result was below the state, while its eighth-grade result was above; Elementary’s fifth-grade result was below the state, while its third-grade result was above.
ELA and math improved at both schools from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while science declined. High gained 11 points in ELA and 10 in math; Elementary gained 8 points in ELA and 28 in math. Science fell 3 points at High and 29 at Elementary, leaving both schools only slightly above the state. SchoolDigger’s ranking percentiles also rose over the listed years: High went from the 51st to the 85th percentile, and Elementary from the 36th to the 74th. High’s student–teacher ratio was 9.2, compared with 9.6 at Elementary; free/reduced-lunch rates were 24% and 37%, respectively—context that does not explain achievement. High’s graduation rate was 100%, and both schools had lower chronic absenteeism than the state: 12% at High and 14% at Elementary, versus 18% statewide.
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