Summary:
Zip code 67735 has two elementary schools in Goodland: North Elementary serves grades 3–6 and enrolls 254 students, while West Elementary serves kindergarten through grade 2 and enrolls 201. Their reported free/reduced-lunch rates are similar, at about 59% and 58%, respectively. The most important finding is that North’s results vary sharply by grade: third grade is above state proficiency in both reported subjects, while fifth grade is well below state results across all three.
Third grade is North Elementary’s standout: 66% were proficient in ELA, 14 percentage points above the state, and 53% in math, 10 points above. Fifth grade is the clearest concern: ELA proficiency was 28%, 23 points below the state; math was 17%, 28 points below; and science was 27%, 19 points below. Across all grades, North was below the state in ELA, math, and science by 5, 6, and 12 points, respectively, with science its largest statewide gap. It was, however, above the Goodland district in ELA by 4 points and math by 6. West has no supplied test results, so a test-score comparison between the schools is not possible.
North’s results shifted unevenly from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA rose 1 point and math rose 3, while science fell 6; its average gap with the state widened from 7 to 8 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking improved modestly, from 476th of 653 schools in 2023–24 to 469th of 657 in 2025–26, and its percentile rose from 27 to 29; the latest rating is one star. These ranking gains do not mean every subject improved. For practical context, North’s student-teacher ratio is 12.6, compared with 13.4 at West, and reported chronic absenteeism is about 15% at North and 18% at West, versus 18% statewide. These figures describe the schools but do not explain their test results.
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