Summary:
Zip code 67448 has two listed schools: Southeast Saline Elementary, serving PK–6, and Southeast Saline High, serving grades 7–12; no middle school is listed. Together, they enroll 698 students. In 2025–26, both schools were above state proficiency in math and science, while their ELA results differed. The clearest shared strength is math and science: both schools exceeded state results in those subjects, while ELA was stronger at Elementary and below state at High.
The schools lead in different subjects. Elementary had the higher all-grades ELA result, 54% compared with High’s 44%, a 10-point gap, and a small math lead, 47% to 45%, or 2 points. High led in science, with 56% compared with Elementary’s 43%, a 13-point gap. Against state results, Elementary was ahead by 8 points in ELA, 6 in math and 5 in science; High was ahead by 4 points in math and 17 in science, but 2 points below in ELA. High also reported a 95% graduation rate, 5 points above the state. These all-grades comparisons span different grade ranges, so they are not same-grade comparisons.
Recent changes offer a more mixed picture. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, the schools’ average ELA advantage over the state was nearly unchanged, at about 3 points. Their average math advantage narrowed from 9 points to 5, and their science advantage from 23 points to 11, as school results fell while state science results also declined. Grade-level results vary: Elementary fifth-grade math was 17 points below state, while its fourth- and sixth-grade results were 16 and 15 points above. SchoolDigger ranked High in the 88th statewide percentile and Elementary in the 59th in 2025–26; Elementary improved 6 percentile points since 2023–24, while High was 4 points below its 2023–24 standing. The schools’ free/reduced-lunch rates were similar, 31% at Elementary and 30% at High, while student–teacher ratios were 12.9 and 10.8, respectively. Elementary’s chronic absenteeism was 6%, compared with 11% at High.
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