Summary:
Zip code 67851 has one middle school, Holcomb Middle, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 227 students. In 2025–26, the school’s all-grades proficiency rates were 27% in English language arts (ELA), 24% in math and 18% in science; each was below both the Holcomb district and Kansas. The largest gap was in science: Holcomb was 20 percentage points below the state. The central takeaway is that Holcomb’s results were below state and district rates in all three subjects, not just one.
There are no other schools in this list to compare or identify as area standouts, so Holcomb is both the highest- and lowest-scoring school represented. Compared with Kansas, Holcomb was 19 points lower in ELA (27% versus 46%), 17 points lower in math (24% versus 41%) and 20 points lower in science (18% versus 38%). Its gaps with the district were smaller but present in every subject: 7 points in ELA, 4 in math and 9 in science. Eighth-grade math is a relative bright spot: 35% of Holcomb students were proficient, just 5 points below the state rate. That result contrasts with gaps of about 20 points in sixth- and seventh-grade math.
Recent results weakened most in math and science. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, Holcomb’s math proficiency fell from 32% to 24%, and science fell from 33% to 18%; ELA was nearly unchanged at about 27%. Over the same period, state math rose from 39% to 41%, while state science fell from 41% to 38%. SchoolDigger’s ranking moved from 273 of 363 schools and the 25th percentile in 2024–25 to 324 of 368 and the 12th percentile in 2025–26; its supplied rating is one star. Other context figures include a 12.3 student–teacher ratio and 54% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–25, plus 32% chronic absenteeism in 2025–26, compared with 27% districtwide and 18% statewide.
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