Summary:
Zip code 67454 has one listed school, Kanopolis Middle, serving grades 4–6 with 141 students in the Ellsworth district. The most important finding is that in 2025–2026, the school’s all-grade proficiency rates were above the state’s in all three subjects: 56% in ELA versus 46%, 62% in math versus 41%, and 46% in science versus 38%.
Kanopolis Middle stands out most in math: its all-grade result was 21 percentage points above the state, compared with an 11-point advantage in ELA and an 8-point advantage in science. The grade-level picture is less uniform: sixth-grade math was 77%, 36 points above the state, and sixth-grade ELA was 73%, 31 points above; fifth-grade ELA was 44%, 7 points below the state’s 51%. The school was also slightly above the district in all-grade results, by 2 points in ELA, 3 in math, and 2 in science. Because this is the only listed school, there is no school-to-school comparison; the supplied data include no SchoolDigger ranking or star rating.
From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Kanopolis Middle improved by 11 percentage points in ELA and 7 in math, while science fell by 5 points. The state also improved in ELA and math, but the school’s advantage grew by 10 points in ELA and 5 in math; its science advantage narrowed by 2 points. Grade-level results reinforce math as a relative strength, while fifth-grade ELA is a notable exception to the school’s overall above-state profile. Chronic absenteeism was 6.7%, close to the district’s 6.6% and well below the state’s 17.8%. The school’s student–teacher ratio was 12.9 in 2024–2025, and its free/reduced-lunch rate was 43%; these figures offer context, not an explanation of results.
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