Summary:
Zip code 67074 has two schools in the Bluestem district, serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Bluestem Elementary School (267 students, PK–6) and Bluestem Junior/Senior High (241 students, grades 7–12). The most important difference is in science: elementary proficiency is essentially at the state level, while the high school is 22 percentage points below it.
Bluestem Elementary leads the two schools in all three 2025–26 subjects, with proficiency of 38% in ELA, 33% in math, and 38% in science, compared with 29%, 23%, and 17% at Bluestem Junior/Senior High. The schools’ science results differ by 22 points; their ELA and math gaps are 10 points each. Elementary science is nearly level with the 38% state result, while its ELA and math are each about 8 points below. The high school is below the state in every all-grades subject. SchoolDigger gives both schools one star; the elementary school is at the 25th percentile statewide and the high school at the 11th. The high school has some notable counterpoints: seventh-grade ELA is 1 point above the state, and its 2023–24 graduation rate of 97% is 8 points above the state rate.
Results mostly declined from 2024–25 to 2025–26, but the pattern differs by school. Elementary ELA fell 7 points and math fell 3, while science rose 1 point. High-school proficiency fell in all three subjects, including a 37-point drop in science. Other reported measures also differ: the high school’s student-teacher ratio is 9.3, versus 11.6 at the elementary school, and its free/reduced-lunch rate is 48%, versus 42%. Chronic absenteeism is also higher at the high school: 21%, compared with 6% at the elementary school and 18% statewide. These figures are context, not explanations for the schools’ test results.
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