Summary:
Zip code 67220 has three elementary schools: Isely Traditional Magnet, which serves through grade 6, and Jackson Elementary and Buckner Performing Arts Magnet Elementary, which serve through grade 5. Results are uneven: Isely is near or above state proficiency levels, while Jackson and Buckner are below the state in all three reported subjects. The most important takeaway is that Isely leads this group, but area-wide results conceal a substantial gap between schools.
Isely stands out at the top, with 2025–2026 all-grade proficiency of 49% in English language arts (ELA), 40% in math and 43% in science, compared with state results of 46%, 41% and 38%. It leads Buckner by 16 percentage points in ELA, and Jackson by 24 points in math and 28 points in science. Jackson has the lowest math and science results, at 16% and 15%; Buckner has the lowest ELA result, at 31%. In grade-matched results for grades 3–5, Isely leads the other two schools in every subject, though its grade 4 ELA and math results fall below the state.
Scores mostly rose from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: all three schools improved in ELA and math, and Isely and Buckner also improved in science. Jackson’s science score was the exception, falling 8 percentage points to 15%. The group’s average improved faster than the state in all three subjects, with the largest remaining gap in math: 16 points below the state, versus 8 in ELA and 13 in science. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile for Jackson rose from 2 to 10 and Buckner’s from 4 to 8; both remain in the lower part of the rankings. Isely was at the 45th percentile in both 2023–2024 and 2025–2026, after reaching the 27th percentile in between. Isely also has a lower reported free/reduced-lunch rate (55%) than Jackson (80%) or Buckner (91%); these figures provide context, not an explanation for score differences.
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