Summary:
Zip code 67456 has one elementary school, Soderstrom Elementary, serving prekindergarten through grade 4 in Lindsborg. Its enrollment is 318, and its 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 14.7 to 1. Most importantly, in 2025–2026 Soderstrom’s all-grade proficiency was above both state and district results in English language arts (ELA) and math.
There is no within-area top or bottom school to compare: Soderstrom is the only school in the list. Its latest results were 62% proficient in ELA and 57% in math, compared with state rates of 46% and 41%, respectively—advantages of 16 points in ELA and 16 points in math. It also outscored the Smoky Valley district by 7 points in ELA and 11 points in math. SchoolDigger gives Soderstrom four stars and ranks it 136th of 657 schools, in the 79th percentile; these are SchoolDigger’s ratings, separate from the state test results.
Results remain above state levels, but the school’s proficiency fell from 68% to 62% in ELA and from 60% to 57% in math between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, while state results rose in both subjects; the school’s state advantage narrowed by 7 points in ELA and 5 points in math. In the latest grade-level results, third graders scored higher than fourth graders in both subjects: 65% versus 60% in ELA and 62% versus 53% in math. SchoolDigger’s ranking also slipped from 91st of 656 schools and the 86th percentile in 2024–2025. Other context includes 6% chronic absenteeism, below the state’s 18%, and a 42% free/reduced-lunch rate in 2024–2025; these figures do not show what explains achievement. With just one school listed, the data cannot establish a local school-to-school range.
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