Dodge City

The Dodge City school district in Kansas consists of 11 schools, including 8 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, and 1 high school. The district faces significant challenges, with low proficiency rates in core academic subjects and wide disparities in performance between the highest-performing and lowest-performing schools.

Among the standout schools in the district, Miller Elementary stands out with the highest proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science across all grades, as well as the highest spending per student at $14,802. Ross Elementary is another high-performing elementary school, with strong proficiency rates in core subjects, especially in 3rd and 4th grades. At the middle school level, Comanche Middle School outperforms the other middle school, Dodge City Middle School, in English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency across all grades.

However, the Dodge City school district as a whole struggles with low proficiency rates, with Dodge City High School having only 16.52% of students proficient in ELA and 16.65% proficient in Math, well below the state averages. The district also has very high rates of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 64.66% at Ross Elementary to 93.89% at Central Elementary, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.