Schools in Zip Code 67561

ZIP code 67561 has two schools serving 438 students: Nickerson Elementary covers pre-K through grade 6, and Nickerson High serves grades 9–12; there is no middle school. The elementary school’s 2025–26 results were above state levels in all four reported ELA grades and three of four math grades, while its fifth-grade science result was 84% compared with 46% statewide. The high school also had above-state results in grade 10 math and ELA and grade 11 science, with its largest advantage in math: 14 points. The clearest strength across the area is the elementary school’s consistent above-state performance, especially in upper-grade math and fifth-grade science.

Nickerson Elementary stands out in grade-matched results, including grade 6 math at 82% versus 41% statewide, a 41-point advantage. Nickerson High’s strongest reported grade-specific result is grade 10 math at 51% versus 37% statewide. SchoolDigger gives both schools four stars; it ranks the elementary school 107th of 657 elementary schools (84th percentile) and the high school 81st of 340 high schools (76th percentile). The all-grades figures are higher for the elementary school in each subject—64% versus 43% in ELA, 62% versus 51% in math, and 84% versus 36% in science—but these schools serve different grade spans, so those figures are not direct comparisons.

ELA and math results improved at both schools from 2024–25 to 2025–26: elementary scores rose by 8 points in each subject, while high-school ELA rose by 6 points and math by 4. The elementary school’s science score dipped by 3 points, but its advantage over the state widened slightly because the state result fell more. SchoolDigger percentile rankings also rose from 2023–24: 12 points for the elementary school and 58 for the high school. Attendance is a notable difference: chronic absenteeism was 5% at the elementary school, compared with 19% at the high school and 18% statewide; the high school’s graduation rate was nevertheless 96%, versus 90% statewide. Student-teacher ratios were 10.0 and 9.2, respectively, and free/reduced-lunch rates were 59% at the elementary school and 53% at the high school.