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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 67572

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ZIP code 67572 has two Western Plains schools: Western Plains North Elementary, serving prekindergarten through grade 8 with 62 students, and Western Plains High, serving grades 9–12 with 34 students. The closest comparison is for 2024–25, since the elementary school’s latest results are from 2025–26; the schools also serve different grade spans. The most important concern is the high school’s ELA result: in 2024–25 it was 18%, 26 points below the state and 28 points below the elementary school’s 46%.

Western Plains North Elementary had stronger reported All Grades results in the common 2024–25 comparison: it led the high school by 28 points in ELA and 5 points in math. It was also above the state in all three subjects that year, by 2 points in ELA, 5 in math, and 19 in science. The high school’s math result was nearly level with the state overall, and its 10th-grade math was 5 points above the state, contrasting with 10th-grade ELA, which was 20 points below. North Elementary’s overall math strength does not hold for every grade: its 8th-grade math result was 10%, 30 points below the state.

North Elementary’s results changed unevenly from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA rose 4 points, math fell 1 point, and science fell 19 points; its advantage over the state narrowed in math and science. SchoolDigger ranking history for Western Plains High shows a rise from the 3rd percentile in 2015–16 to the 42nd in 2018–19, then a drop to the 30th in 2024–25. As context, North Elementary has a student–teacher ratio of 11 and a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 69%, compared with 8 and 53% at the high school; these figures describe different school settings but do not explain the score differences.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				KAP English Language Arts (2026)		KAP Mathematics (2026)		KAP Science (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	KAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	KAP English Language Arts All Grades	KAP Mathematics 8th Grade	KAP Mathematics All Grades	KAP Science 8th Grade	KAP Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Western Plains North Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	100 School St.	Ransom	67572	Ness County	Western Plains	No	No	No	No	(785) 731-2352	62	6	11.0	69.4%	55 (88.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.2%)	3 (4.8%)								(n/a)	40.0	50.0	10.0	42.5	30.0	41.2	$22,951	$952	$22,000
Western Plains High	Public	9-12	100 School St.	Ransom	67572	Ness County	Western Plains	No	No	No	No	(785) 731-2352	34	4	8.0	52.9%	20 (58.8%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (35.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)							$23,056	$956	$22,100

Cities Near Zip Code 67572

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Ransom	0.34 mi	2	279^th
Ness City	12.66 mi	2	103^rd
Bazine	18.72 mi	1
WaKeeney	27.17 mi	2	224^th
Ellis	28.62 mi	2	107^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kansas State Department of Education.

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