Schools in Zip Code 67565

Zip code 67565 has three small schools serving grades PK–12: Otis-Bison Elementary (PK–5, 73 students), Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School (6–12, 81 students), and Otis Bison Academy (7–12, 18 students). The Academy has no reported test scores, so the academic comparison covers the other two schools. The clearest area-wide strength is math and science: their average proficiency was 51% in math and 50% in science, compared with 41% and 38% statewide, while ELA was essentially level with the state at 46%.

Otis-Bison Elementary leads the two schools with test results in 2025–26: its all-grades proficiency was 51% in ELA and 57% in math, versus 40% and 45% at Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School—gaps of 11 and 12 percentage points. Their science results were effectively tied at 50%. Results vary by grade: third-grade math at the elementary school was 24 points above the state, while its fifth-grade ELA was 11 points below; at the high school, seventh-grade math was 34 points above the state, but eighth-grade ELA was 9 points below. Graduation figures also contrast sharply: the high school reported 100% in 2023–24, compared with 90% statewide, while the Academy reported 23%; the Academy’s dropout rate was 12% in 2024–25, versus 1% statewide.

Over 2024–25 to 2025–26, the two schools’ average math advantage over the state grew from 1 point below to 10 points above, while their ELA advantage narrowed from 7 points to essentially zero. Those averages hide different school trends: elementary ELA proficiency fell 13 points as math rose 25, while the high school increased about 1 point in each subject. SchoolDigger’s latest ratings were 3 stars for the elementary school (65th percentile in 2025–26), 2 stars for the high school (45th percentile in 2023–24), and 0 stars for the Academy (3rd percentile in 2022–23). The elementary and high school also have similar reported student–teacher ratios, 6.8 and 7.2, and free/reduced-lunch rates, 44% and 46%. Chronic absenteeism differs: 9% at the elementary school, 25% at the high school, and 0% at the Academy, compared with 18% statewide.