Summary:
Zip code 99033 has two public schools serving grades PK–12: Tekoa Elementary School for PK–5 and Tekoa High School for grades 6–12, with 206 students combined in the small Tekoa School District.
The schools have different academic strengths. Tekoa Elementary School is strongest in math, with 41.46% of students proficient in 2025–2026—well above the district’s 28.85% and close to the state’s 43.11%. Math also improved from the prior year. However, elementary science declined sharply to 35.29%, and available upper-grade results show significant challenges in English language arts, including just 23.53% proficiency in fifth grade. Tekoa High School performed slightly above the district in English language arts and science. Its 11th-grade science result, at 50%, was also slightly above the state comparison. The high school’s main concern is math: 20.63% were proficient, below both the district and state, and down 6.35 points from the previous year. Eighth-grade math was particularly weak at 14.29%.
Both schools are very small, with 91 elementary students and 115 high-school students, so results can change considerably when only a few students move between performance levels. Both also have relatively low student-teacher ratios, about 11.5 to 12.1 students per teacher. The district ranks near the bottom statewide, but the school-by-school results show some important bright spots, especially elementary math and high-school science. Parents may want to ask about plans for high-school math, the elementary science decline, and support for upper-elementary and middle-grade reading. School-specific graduation and dropout figures are outdated, so current rates should be confirmed directly with the district.
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