Summary:
ZIP code 67356 has three schools serving students from prekindergarten through grade 12: Oswego Junior-Senior High School (grades 6–12), Oswego Neosho Heights Elementary (prekindergarten–5), and Service Valley Charter Academy (kindergarten–8). Their results differ by subject, but math is the clearest shared concern: all three schools were below the state rate, and their average was 26% proficient compared with 41% statewide.
Neosho Heights stands out in all-grades ELA and math, with 51% proficient in ELA—12 percentage points above the next school and 5 points above the state—and 37% in math, 14 points above the next school but 4 below the state. Its results vary by grade, however: 3rd-grade ELA was 67% compared with 52% statewide, while 5th-grade ELA was 35% compared with 51% statewide. Service Valley leads in science at 40%, 2 points above the state and 9 points above the next school, but has the lowest all-grades ELA and math rates, at 29% and 18%. Oswego Junior-Senior High is between the other schools in all three subjects.
Recent results are mixed, with particularly large year-to-year shifts in science: Neosho Heights rose 17 points in ELA and 10 in math but fell 31 points in science; Service Valley fell 11 points in ELA and 18 in science, while math rose 2 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rose from 12th to 37th at Neosho Heights, fell from 74th to 30th at the high school, and ended near its starting point at Service Valley, moving from 20th to 19th. Student-teacher ratios are similar, ranging from 9.9 to 10.6. Reported free/reduced-lunch rates range from 53% at Neosho Heights to 70% at the high school; these figures provide context, not an explanation for results.
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