Best Public Schools in Zip Code 67502

Schools in ZIP code 67502 include eight schools: four elementary schools, one middle school, one high school and two alternative schools; seven have 2025–26 test scores. Across those seven, the average proficiency rate was about 38% in English language arts, 33% in math and 30% in science, below state figures of about 46%, 41% and 38%. The most important finding is how widely results vary from school to school: the gap between the highest and lowest scores was 47 percentage points in math, 34 in ELA and 32 in science.

Plum Creek Elementary stands out in ELA and math, with about 54% and 53% proficient—8 and 12 points above state figures. Prairie Hills Middle leads in science at 42%, 4 points above state, and is also above state in ELA and math. SchoolDigger ranks Prairie Hills at the 68th percentile and Plum Creek at the 60th. At the low end, Hutchinson Virtual School has the lowest math and science scores, about 6% and 10%; Ad Astra Virtual Academy has the lowest ELA score, about 20%. A notable grade-level exception is Union Valley Elementary in third-grade ELA: about 73%, 21 points above state, though that strength does not carry across all grades and subjects.

Recent results differ by subject: the seven-school average rose about 2 points in math from 2024–25 to 2025–26, but fell about 1 point in ELA and 6 points in science. Science declines were especially steep at Morgan Elementary (20 points) and Plum Creek (16 points). Other comparisons may help families weigh options: SchoolDigger ranks Wiley Elementary at the 20th percentile and Morgan at the 23rd, while Morgan’s student–teacher ratio is 12.9 compared with Plum Creek’s 15.6; these figures alone do not explain score differences. All-grades scores combine different grade spans, so a school’s overall result may not describe the grade a child would enter.