Summary:
Zip code 67642 has one listed high school, Hill City Junior-Senior High, serving grades 7–12 and enrolling 171 students. In 2025–26, its average proficiency across English language arts (ELA), math, and science was 38%, compared with 42% statewide. The most important finding is that results improved substantially from the previous year, bringing the school’s overall average closer to Kansas, though it remained below the state average.
Science was Hill City’s strongest all-grades result relative to Kansas: about 38% of students were proficient, essentially matching the state’s rate. ELA was the clearest weakness, at 38% compared with 46% statewide, an 8-point gap; math was 39% versus 41%, a 2-point gap. Results varied by grade: eighth-grade math was 8 points above the state, and 11th-grade science was 7 points above, while eighth-grade ELA was 8 points below. The school was below its district, Graham County, in all three subjects, with the largest gap in ELA at 16 points.
Hill City’s three-subject average rose from 30% in 2024–25 to 38% in 2025–26, while the state average was essentially unchanged; its average gap narrowed from 11 points to 3. Gains were strongest in science and ELA, while math improved by 2 points and its gap with the state widened slightly. SchoolDigger ranked the school 144th of 340 schools, at the 58th percentile with 3 stars in 2025–26, up 59 places and 19 percentile points from the prior year; its 2023–24 listing was also at the 58th percentile with 3 stars. Graduation and dropout figures compared favorably with state rates, while chronic absenteeism was higher: 20%, versus 18% statewide and 12% districtwide. The reported student-teacher ratio was 8.9 and the free/reduced-lunch rate was 45%. Because only one school is listed, these figures cannot show how Hill City compares with other local schools.
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