Schools in Zip Code 67665

Zip code 67665 includes three schools in Russell, Kansas: Simpson Elementary (prekindergarten through grade 1), Bickerdyke Elementary (grades 2–6), and Russell Junior-Senior High (grades 7–12). The clearest academic concern is math at Russell Junior-Senior: its 2025–2026 result was 23%, compared with 41% statewide, an 18-point gap, and it fell below the state result in each of its three reported grades. Bickerdyke’s all-grade math result was 41%, nearly level with the state.

Bickerdyke stands out for the strongest reported all-grade results: 48% in ELA, 41% in math, and 47% in science, leading Russell Junior-Senior by 5, 17, and 13 points, respectively. Compared with state results, Bickerdyke was 2 points higher in ELA and 9 points higher in science, while its math result was about level. Russell Junior-Senior was below the state in all three subjects: by 3 points in ELA, 18 in math, and 4 in science. Grade-level results add important contrasts: Bickerdyke fourth graders scored above state results in ELA and math, while sixth-grade ELA was 19 points below; Russell eighth graders were 10 points above the state in ELA and 1 point above in science. Chronic absenteeism was highest at Russell Junior-Senior, at 29%, versus 13% at Bickerdyke and 7% at Simpson, compared with 18% statewide. Simpson has no test scores in the supplied data, and the schools’ grade spans differ.

Results improved notably in ELA and science, but math progress was uneven. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Russell Junior-Senior gained 13 points in ELA and 25 in science, while math slipped 1 point; Bickerdyke gained 6 points in ELA, 6 in math, and 16 in science. Across the two schools with scores, the average gap to the state narrowed from 9 points below to about level in ELA, and from 21 points below to 2 points above in science; the math gap remained about 9 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking also rose, from the 9th to the 29th percentile for Russell Junior-Senior and from the 32nd to the 44th for Bickerdyke. Student-teacher ratios were 10.1 at Russell Junior-Senior, 11.6 at Bickerdyke, and 13.5 at Simpson; reported free/reduced-lunch rates were 50%, 54%, and 49%, respectively.