Summary:
Zip code 67547 has one high school, Kinsley Junior/Senior High School, serving grades 6–12 and 135 students. In 2025–2026, the school’s proficiency rates were below Kansas results in all three reported subjects: 28% in English language arts (ELA), 29% in math, and 14% in science, compared with 46%, 41%, and 38% statewide. The clearest concern is science, where Kinsley was 25 percentage points below the state.
There is no top or bottom school to compare locally because Kinsley is the only school in the list. Among its subjects, math was closest to the state average, with a 12-point gap; ELA was 18 points behind, and science was 25 points behind. Seventh-grade math was a notable exception: 38.1% of students were proficient, slightly above the state’s 37.8%. The other supplied grade-and-subject results were below state levels. Kinsley’s graduation rate was a relative bright spot at 91%, compared with 90% statewide, while chronic absenteeism was higher at 24%, versus 18% statewide and 21% in the Kinsley-Offerle district.
Science results fell from 26% in 2024–2025 to 14% in 2025–2026, while the state rate declined from 41% to 38%; the gap widened by 10 points. The ELA gap widened by 1 point, and the math gap by 3 points, leaving Kinsley further behind overall in the latest results. SchoolDigger’s ranking history also shows a sharp drop followed by a partial rebound: 121st of 318 schools in 2023–2024, 316th of 332 in 2024–2025, and 276th of 340 in 2025–2026. The latest ranking improved from the prior year but remained below the earlier one. The school reports a 9.2 student–teacher ratio and a 44% free/reduced-lunch rate; these describe the school but do not explain its results.
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