Summary:
ZIP code 67869 has one listed school, Plains Elementary, serving grades 3–5 with 113 students in the Kismet-Plains district. In 2025–2026, the school’s proficiency was 43% in English Language Arts (ELA), 38% in math, and 30% in science, compared with Kansas results of 46%, 41%, and 38%, respectively. The most important takeaway is that results improved from the prior year, but the school remained below state results in all three subjects.
Math was closest to the state result, with a 3-point gap, while science had the largest gap at 8 points; ELA was 3 points below Kansas. Within the school, third grade stood out: results were 4 points above the state in ELA and 1 point above in math. The largest grade-level shortfalls were fifth-grade ELA, 21 points below the state, and fourth-grade math, 15 points below. Fifth-grade science was also 16 points below. Since this is the only listed school, there is no local school-to-school comparison or separate highest- and lowest-performing school.
Scores rose in all three subjects from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: 6 points in ELA, 8 in math, and 8 in science. Science made the biggest relative gains: the state result fell by 3 points while the school rose by 8, narrowing the gap from 19 points to 8. SchoolDigger’s ranking also improved, from 544th of 653 schools (17th percentile) in 2023–2024 to 464th of 657 (29th percentile) in 2025–2026; this is a measure of relative standing, not a test-score trend. The school had a student–teacher ratio of 8.5 and a free/reduced-lunch rate of 76% in 2024–2025. Chronic absenteeism was 12% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 13% and the state’s 18%.
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