Summary:
Zip code 67505 has one listed school, South Hutchinson Elementary, serving prekindergarten through grade 6, with 326 students. The school’s results vary notably by subject: in 2025–26, science proficiency was 51%, compared with 38% statewide, while math proficiency was 36%, compared with 41% statewide. The most important takeaway is that science is a clear strength relative to Kansas, while math is the main area of concern.
South Hutchinson is the area’s only listed school, so there is no local school-to-school leader or lower performer; state and district comparisons offer the clearest context. Science was 13 percentage points above Kansas and 3 points above the Nickerson district. Math was 5 points below the state and 6 below the district; ELA was 2 points below the state and 1 below the district. Grade-level results reveal sharper differences: grade 3 ELA was 18 points below the state, and grade 5 math was 14 points below. By contrast, grade 6 ELA was 2 points above the state, and grade 5 science was 6 points higher.
Across the two reported years, the school’s three-subject average advantage over Kansas narrowed from about 3 points to about 2. ELA and math slipped slightly while science stayed level at about 51%; meanwhile, state ELA and math results rose and state science fell. SchoolDigger ranks the school 418th of 657, with 2 stars, compared with 371st the prior year and 507th in 2023–24. Attendance is a positive context measure: chronic absenteeism was about 5%, versus about 10% in the district and 18% statewide. The reported student–teacher ratio is 11.2, and 58% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–25; these are context figures, not explanations for test results.
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