Summary:
ZIP code 67801 has two middle schools serving grades 6–8: Dodge City Middle School and Comanche Middle School, with enrollments of 808 and 783. The central concern for families is that both schools’ 2025–26 proficiency results are well below Kansas results in every subject: their average gaps are about 21 points in science, 23 in math, and 25 in English Language Arts (ELA). Neither school’s lead over the other changes that shared picture.
There is no single top performer across all subjects: Dodge City is slightly ahead in ELA and math, while Comanche leads in science. ELA results are especially close—21.4% at Dodge City and 21.2% at Comanche—against 46% statewide. In math, Dodge City has 20% proficient versus Comanche’s 17%, compared with 41% statewide; in science, Comanche has 19% versus Dodge City’s 16%, compared with 38% statewide. SchoolDigger ranks Dodge City 345th of 368 Kansas middle schools and Comanche 348th of 368 for 2025–26; both have 0 stars.
Recent changes are mixed rather than a consistent move toward state results. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, the schools’ average ELA score rose about 2 points, math was essentially unchanged, and science fell about 1 point; the science gap narrowed mainly because the state result also fell. SchoolDigger’s ranking history shows Comanche’s position declining from 322nd of 362 schools in 2023–24 to 348th of 368, while Dodge City stayed near the bottom, moving from 336th to 345th. Grade results offer some distinctions: Dodge City leads in sixth-grade ELA and math, while Comanche leads in seventh- and eighth-grade ELA and eighth-grade math. Dodge City’s student–teacher ratio is 16.8, compared with 14.0 at Comanche; free/reduced-lunch rates are 83% and 85%, respectively. These characteristics are context, not an explanation for achievement differences.
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