Best Public Schools in Zip Code 66834

Summary:

In the 66834 zip code, there is one standout public elementary school serving grades K-6: Prairie Heights Elementary School. This school is part of the Morris County school district, which is ranked 63 out of 266 districts in Kansas and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Prairie Heights Elementary School has consistently ranked in the top 25% of Kansas elementary schools over the past three school years, with a ranking of 158 out of 653 schools in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's performance on state assessments is notably higher than the county and state averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics for all grades. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, 44.89% of students at Prairie Heights Elementary were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 31.18% in the county and 33.55% statewide. In Mathematics, 57.13% of students were proficient or better, compared to 38.5% in the county and 31.6% statewide.

Despite the school's strong academic performance, a relatively high proportion of its students, 64.71%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a significant number of economically disadvantaged students. However, the school's low student-teacher ratio of 9.4 and per-student spending of $10,763 in the 2018-2019 school year suggest the school is efficiently allocating its resources to support student learning and achievement.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				KAP English Language Arts (2024)			KAP Mathematics (2024)			KAP Science (2024)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	KAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	KAP English Language Arts All Grades	KAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	KAP Mathematics 5th Grade	KAP Mathematics All Grades	KAP Science 5th Grade	KAP Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Prairie Heights Elementary School	Public	K-6	801 Center Street	Alta Vista	66834	Wabaunsee County	Morris County	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 499-6313	74	9	8.7	52.7%	68 (91.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.1%)	70.1	158^th of 653 public elementary schools	75.8%		50	329^th of 660 public elementary schools	50.2%	171	50.0	40.0	44.9	86.4	30.0	57.1	60.0	60.0	$10,763	$799	$9,964

Cities Near Zip Code 66834

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Alta Vista	0.21 mi	1	55^th
Dwight	6.03 mi	1
Council Grove	13.9 mi	3	110^th
White City	13.98 mi	2	153^rd
Alma	14.99 mi	2	111^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kansas State Department of Education.

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