Summary:
ZIP code 67211 has two middle schools, Mead Middle School and Hamilton Middle School; both serve grades 6–8. In 2025–26, their average proficiency was about 16% in ELA, 11% in math, and 13% in science, compared with state results of 46%, 41%, and 38%. The most important finding for families is that both schools remain well below state proficiency in every subject, with average gaps of 30 points in ELA, 30 in math, and 25 in science.
Mead stands out as the stronger overall performer: it scored higher than Hamilton in all three all-grade subjects, by 2 percentage points in ELA, 6 in math, and 1 in science. Math is Mead’s clearest advantage. However, the school-level pattern is not universal: Hamilton led grade 8 ELA by 1 point, while Mead led math in grades 6, 7, and 8. SchoolDigger ranked Mead 354th of 368 Kansas schools and Hamilton 364th of 368 in 2025–26, placing both near the bottom of its statewide list.
Recent changes are mixed rather than a clear across-the-board improvement. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, Mead’s ELA rose 2 points while its math and science results were nearly unchanged; Hamilton gained 1 point in ELA and 2 in math, while its science result slipped slightly. Across the pair, math gains fell short of the state’s increase, widening the average state gap by 1 point; the science gap narrowed by 3 points, largely because the state result declined. Other figures offer context: Mead’s student-teacher ratio is 13.4 compared with Hamilton’s 14.8, and both report free/reduced-lunch rates of about 96%. Chronic absenteeism is high at both schools—46% at Mead and 45% at Hamilton, versus 18% statewide.
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