Summary:
Zip code 67855 has two Stanton County Elementary schools serving PK–6 and Stanton County Junior/Senior High School serving grades 7–12. The schools have 238 and 182 students, respectively. Because they serve different grade spans, their all-grades results are not a like-for-like comparison. The clearest overall finding is that Elementary has higher all-grades proficiency in all three subjects, with the widest gap in science.
Elementary stands out for science: 71% of students are proficient, compared with 38% statewide, and its math result of 44% is also above the state’s 41%; its ELA result is 37%, 9 percentage points below the state. The high school is below state results in every all-grades subject: 18% in ELA versus 46% statewide, 14% in math versus 41%, and 23% in science versus 38%. Grade-level results show where some of the largest gaps occur: Elementary grade 5 science is 71% versus 46% statewide, while high school grade 10 ELA is 9% versus 41% and grade 8 math is 9% versus 40%.
Recent results show mixed progress, not a consistent rise across subjects. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, Elementary science increased 25 percentage points and math increased 6, while ELA fell 4; at the high school, science increased 6 points, but ELA fell 8 and math fell 1. SchoolDigger rankings also diverged: Elementary rose from the 32nd to the 44th percentile, while the high school fell from the 41st to the 6th percentile. Elementary has a lower student-teacher ratio (14.7 versus 20.2) and a higher free/reduced-lunch rate (67% versus 58%); these are descriptive differences, not explanations for the results. Chronic absenteeism is 10% at Elementary and 19% at the high school, compared with 18% statewide. The high school’s 100% graduation rate is a notable strength, though its proficiency results remain below state figures.
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