Summary:
Zip code 67570 has three public schools in Pretty Prairie, serving students from prekindergarten through grade 12, with 283 students combined. Their 2025–26 results show a mixed area-wide picture: the schools’ average all-grades proficiency was 46% in math, 46% in English language arts (ELA), and 37% in science, compared with state results of 41%, 46%, and 38%. The clearest shared strength is math, where the schools’ average was 5 percentage points above the state.
Pretty Prairie Elementary stands out at the top in all three all-grades subjects: it had 61% proficiency in math, 55% in ELA, and 45% in science, respectively 20, 9, and 7 points above state results. Its math strength includes grade 4, where proficiency was 72% versus 44% statewide. Pretty Prairie Middle had a subject split: math was 48%, 7 points above the state, while ELA was 36%, 10 points below; its grade 6 math result was particularly strong at 65% versus 41%. Pretty Prairie High had the lowest all-grades math result, 30% versus 41% statewide, though grade 10 ELA and grade 11 science were above their grade-specific state results. These broad school-level comparisons involve different grade spans, so grade-specific comparisons are more useful when weighing results.
Math improved at all three schools from 2024–25 to 2025–26: by 13 points at Elementary, 16 at Middle, and 3 at High. SchoolDigger’s ranking percentiles also rose over three years: Elementary gained 21 points to 69, High gained 16 to 57, and Middle gained 27 to 49. Other context differs: student–teacher ratios range from 10 at High to 13 at Middle, while free/reduced-lunch rates range from 34% at High to 47% at Middle. High also has the highest chronic absenteeism, at 24%, compared with 8% at Elementary, 8% at Middle, and 18% statewide. These figures provide context but do not explain why results differ.
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