Silver Lake

The Silver Lake school district in Kansas consists of two schools: Silver Lake Elementary and Silver Lake Junior-Senior High. Based on the available data, Silver Lake Elementary stands out as an exceptional school, consistently ranking in the top 3% of Kansas elementary schools and maintaining a 5-star rating for the past 3 years. In contrast, while Silver Lake Junior-Senior High also performs well, it does not reach the same level of academic excellence as the elementary school.

Silver Lake Elementary's students significantly outperform the state averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science across all grade levels. In 2023-2024, the school's students outpaced the state averages by 29.36 percentage points in ELA, 34.68 percentage points in Math, and 48.2 percentage points in Science. This exceptional academic performance, coupled with a favorable student-teacher ratio of 12.5 to 1 and a relatively low free/reduced lunch rate of 18.78%, suggests Silver Lake Elementary is providing an exceptional educational experience for its students.

While Silver Lake Junior-Senior High also performs well, with students outperforming the state averages in ELA by 5.16 percentage points, in Math by 21.85 percentage points, and in Science by 1.52 percentage points, the school's performance is more mixed compared to the elementary school. Additionally, the junior-senior high has a higher free/reduced lunch rate of 21.82% and spends more per student ($11,648) than the elementary school ($9,985 per student), which may contribute to the difference in academic outcomes between the two schools.