Best Public Schools in Zip Code 67481

Summary:

The 67481 zip code has only one school, Sylvan-Lucas Unified Junior Senior, a public high school serving grades 7-12 with a total enrollment of 153 students. The school is part of the Sylvan Grove school district, which is ranked 196 out of 264 districts in Kansas and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Sylvan-Lucas Unified Junior Senior has a strong performance in English Language Arts (ELA), with proficiency rates above the state average in 10th and 8th grade. However, the school's proficiency rates in Mathematics and Science are significantly lower than the state average, suggesting a need for improvement in these subject areas. The school also has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 19.5%, which is higher than the state average, and a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 45.75%.

Despite these challenges, the school's higher per-student spending and lower student-teacher ratio suggest that the district is investing resources in the school, which could be leveraged to address the areas of concern. Overall, Sylvan-Lucas Unified Junior Senior appears to have strengths in ELA but faces significant challenges in Mathematics and Science, as well as issues with student engagement and socioeconomic factors that may impact student outcomes.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				KAP English Language Arts (2025)				KAP Mathematics (2025)				KAP Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 10th Grade	KAP English Language Arts All Grades	KAP Mathematics 7th Grade	KAP Mathematics 8th Grade	KAP Mathematics 10th Grade	KAP Mathematics All Grades	KAP Science 8th Grade	KAP Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Sylvan-Lucas Unified Junior Senior	Public	7-12	504 West 4th	Sylvan Grove	67481	Lincoln County	Sylvan Grove	No	No	No	No	(785) 526-7175	144	14	10.4	45.1%	129 (89.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.6%)	35.2	226^th of 332 public high schools	31.9%		45.3	180^th of 318 public high schools	43.4%	46	35.3	44.4	40.9	40.3	29.4	11.1	13.6	17.5	27.8	27.8	$14,562	$1,884	$12,678

Cities Near Zip Code 67481

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Sylvan Grove	2.56 mi	1	278^th
Lucas	8.49 mi	1	203^rd
Lincoln	12.26 mi	2	65^th
Wilson	16.44 mi	1	270^th
Tipton	20.76 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kansas State Department of Education.

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