Best Public Schools in Cherokee County, KS

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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 4th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 10th Grade	KAP English Language Arts All Grades	KAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	KAP Mathematics 4th Grade	KAP Mathematics 5th Grade	KAP Mathematics 6th Grade	KAP Mathematics 7th Grade	KAP Mathematics 8th Grade	KAP Mathematics 10th Grade	KAP Mathematics All Grades	KAP Science 5th Grade	KAP Science 8th Grade	KAP Science 11th Grade	KAP Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Central Elementary	Public	3-6	1501 Park Ave	Baxter Springs	66713	Cherokee County	Baxter Springs	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 856-3311	222	19	12.0	67.6%	163 (73.4%)	1 (0.5%)	11 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (14.9%)	6 (2.7%)	8 (3.6%)	87.1	65^th of 653 public elementary schools	90.0%		81.5	94^th of 660 public elementary schools	85.8%	29	59.0	78.2	61.2	47.3				61.4	70.5	74.5	46.9	45.4				60.0	65.3			65.3	$7,815	$303	$7,512
Lincoln Elementary	Public	PK, KG-2	801 Lincoln	Baxter Springs	66713	Cherokee County	Baxter Springs	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 856-3322	233	16	14.5	62.7%	166 (71.2%)	3 (1.3%)	15 (6.4%)	2 (0.9%)	25 (10.7%)	4 (1.7%)	18 (7.7%)								(n/a)																					$11,524	$2,479	$9,044
Baxter Springs High	Public	7-12	100 N Military	Baxter Springs	66713	Cherokee County	Baxter Springs	No	No	No	No	(620) 856-3366	371	29	12.7	59.0%	282 (76.0%)	2 (0.5%)	18 (4.9%)	1 (0.3%)	34 (9.2%)	3 (0.8%)	31 (8.4%)	53.5	139^th of 318 public high schools	56.3%		61.2	112^th of 327 public high schools	65.7%	27					34.5	35.0	31.1	33.5					41.8	25.0	9.8	25.0		30.0	39.6	34.3	$12,654	$131	$12,523
Unified School District 508 eAcademy	Public, Virtual	6-12	100 N. Miliary	Baxter Springs	66713	Cherokee County	Baxter Springs	No	No	Yes	No	(620) 856-3366	41				33 (80.5%)	1 (2.4%)	1 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.9%)								(n/a)
Liberty Elementary	Public	3-5	624 E. 8th Street	Galena	66739	Cherokee County	Galena	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 783-4499	155	12	12.7	73.5%	117 (75.5%)	1 (0.6%)	9 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.9%)	3 (1.9%)	19 (12.3%)	24.7	518^th of 653 public elementary schools	20.7%		31.9	478^th of 660 public elementary schools	27.6%	40	18.0	25.0	34.6					25.9	34.0	30.0	21.1					28.4	26.9			26.9	$12,191	$3,577	$8,614
Spring Grove Primary Center	Public	PK, KG-2	1900 Galena Ave.	Galena	66739	Cherokee County	Galena	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 783-4499	216	11	19.2	69.4%	157 (72.7%)	2 (0.9%)	16 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (0.9%)	38 (17.6%)								(n/a)																					$11,853	$3,369	$8,483
Galena High	Public	9-12	602 East 8th Street	Galena	66739	Cherokee County	Galena	No	No	No	No	(620) 783-4499	236	16	14.9	60.2%	192 (81.4%)	2 (0.8%)	15 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (7.2%)	45.1	181^st of 318 public high schools	43.1%		38.3	219^th of 327 public high schools	33.0%	38							33.3	33.3							23.5	23.5			12.3	12.3	$11,527	$2,188	$9,339
Galena Middle School	Public	6-8	624 East 8th Street	Galena	66739	Cherokee County	Galena	No	No	No	No	(620) 783-4499	174	13	13.4	62.1%	138 (79.3%)	1 (0.6%)	12 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (10.3%)	68.1	79^th of 362 public middle schools	78.2%		60.8	103^rd of 362 public middle schools	71.5%	24				40.5	43.2	25.9		36.1				32.4	51.3	48.3		42.0		17.2		17.2	$12,723	$4,122	$8,601
Riverton Middle	Public	6-8	7144 SE 70th	Riverton	66770	Cherokee County	Riverton	No	No	No	No	(620) 848-3355	163	12	13.1	54.6%	136 (83.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	2 (1.2%)	8 (4.9%)	1 (0.6%)	14 (8.6%)	23.6	300^th of 362 public middle schools	17.1%		27.4	285^th of 362 public middle schools	21.3%	15				26.6	19.6	19.1		22.2				15.6	5.9	6.4		9.9		19.1		19.1	$10,972	$349	$10,623
Riverton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7166 SE 70th	Riverton	66770	Cherokee County	Riverton	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 848-4078	306	21	14.4	59.8%	245 (80.1%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (13.1%)	44.1	384^th of 653 public elementary schools	41.2%		46.2	362^nd of 660 public elementary schools	45.2%	22	40.7	35.8	46.2					40.4	38.9	13.2	20.5					24.6	61.5			61.5	$9,746	$889	$8,857
Riverton High	Public	9-12	7120 SE 70th	Riverton	66770	Cherokee County	Riverton	No	No	No	No	(620) 848-3388	227	16	14.3	55.5%	189 (83.3%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.3%)	4 (1.8%)	12 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (7.9%)	55	129^th of 318 public high schools	59.4%		29.7	248^th of 327 public high schools	24.2%	119							32.8	32.8							32.8	32.8			16.1	16.1	$17,038	$343	$16,695
Highland Elementary	Public	2-3	319 N High School St	Columbus	66725	Cherokee County	Columbus	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 429-3032	136	10	13.2	65.4%	121 (89.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.2%)	1 (0.7%)	7 (5.1%)								(n/a)	10.9							10.9	40.6							40.6					$13,330	$3,964	$9,367
Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-1	724 E Garfield Street	Columbus	66725	Cherokee County	Columbus	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 429-3905	216	13	16.9	62.0%	179 (82.9%)	3 (1.4%)	12 (5.6%)	1 (0.5%)	8 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (6.0%)								(n/a)																					$14,845	$4,053	$10,793
Central Elementary	Public	4-6	810 S High School Avenue	Columbus	66725	Cherokee County	Columbus	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 429-3943	208	15	13.8	56.3%	171 (82.2%)	1 (0.5%)	13 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (10.1%)								(n/a)		36.4	39.0	22.5				31.7		43.9	25.4	30.0				33.2	42.4			42.4	$11,708	$3,033	$8,675
Columbus Junior High and High School	Public	7-12	124 S High School Avenue	Columbus	66725	Cherokee County	Columbus	No	No	No	No	(620) 429-3821	430	32	13.2	54.2%	367 (85.3%)	2 (0.5%)	18 (4.2%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.7%)	55.5	125^th of 318 public high schools	60.7%		48.5	168^th of 327 public high schools	48.6%	43					25.8	20.9	25.3	24.0					22.6	7.5	14.7	14.7		23.9	48.4	35.7	$13,817	$2,525	$11,292
Southeast Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	303 S Humbert	Weir	66781	Cherokee County	Cherokee	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 396-8211	175	14	12.9	78.9%	154 (88.0%)	3 (1.7%)	9 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.4%)	58.8	255^th of 653 public elementary schools	60.9%		57.5	260^th of 660 public elementary schools	60.6%	5	46.7	56.8						52.2	46.7	32.4						38.8					$11,235	$1,708	$9,528

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