Summary:
Zip code 67056 has two schools in Halstead Middle School and Halstead High, serving grades 4–8 and 8–12, respectively, with 586 students combined. Across the schools, science is the strongest subject compared with state results, while English Language Arts (ELA) is the main area of concern. The most important distinction is that the middle school is above the state in all three subjects, while the high school is below the state in ELA.
Halstead Middle School stands out in the 2025–2026 all-grades results: 48% were proficient in ELA, 48% in math, and 53% in science, compared with state results of 46%, 41%, and 38%. Its advantages over the state were 2, 7, and 15 percentage points, respectively. Halstead High had 38% proficiency in ELA, 42% in math, and 41% in science. It was 8 points below the state in ELA, but 1 point above in math and 3 points above in science. The gap between the schools was largest in science, at 12 points, followed by ELA at 10 points and math at 6 points.
Recent results show a notable ELA setback at Halstead High: its score fell 9 points from the previous year, while Halstead Middle School rose 1 point. The two-school ELA average fell 4 points as the state result rose 1. In math, the schools’ average increased 1 point, but the state improved faster, narrowing the area’s lead. Grade-level results also matter: middle-school sixth-grade math was 26 points above the state, while fourth-grade math was 7 points below. SchoolDigger’s latest rankings put both schools at three stars; its middle-school percentile rose from 58 to 68 over three years, while the high-school percentile went from 64 to 69 after peaking at 77. The high school’s lower listed student–teacher ratio (10.7 versus 13.5) and free/reduced-lunch rate (39% versus 45%) are context, not explanations for results. Because the schools serve different grade spans, their all-grades results are not same-grade comparisons.
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