Best Elementary Schools in Kansas

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Kansas test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the KAP test scores by the Kansas State Department of Education. The most recent update was on Tuesday, October 8, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 653)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
200795001714	511	Whittier Elementary	Public	K-5	295 S 10th Street	Kansas City	66102	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-6400	480	42	11.3	93.8%	25 (5.2%)	58 (12.1%)	368 (76.7%)	10 (2.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	16 (3.3%)	$11,555			$3,041			$8,515	25.4	25.9	515	4
201197000707	512	Stafford Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	418 E Broadway	Stafford	67578	Stafford County	Stafford	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 234-5255	139	9	16.3	65.5%	124 (89.2%)	1 (0.7%)	9 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.9%)	$18,041			$2,160			$15,881	25.3	27.7	502	10
201071001795	513	Meadowlark Elementary	Public	K-5	1602 East 20th	Pittsburg	66762	Crawford County	Pittsburg	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 235-3130	411	28	14.6	79.6%	229 (55.7%)	19 (4.6%)	109 (26.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.9%)	40 (9.7%)	$13,993			$1,702			$12,291	25.3	22.1	541	28
200639001176	514	Gertrude Walker Elementary	Public	K-4	805 W Fair	Garden City	67846	Finney County	Garden City	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 805-7600	208	16	13.1	84.1%	21 (10.1%)	29 (13.9%)	137 (65.9%)	12 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.3%)	$11,048			$1,502			$9,547	25.1	18.3	563	49
201185002068	515	Kansas Virtual Academy (KSVA)	Public, Virtual	K-6	101 E South St	Spring Hill	66083	Johnson County	Spring Hill	No	No	Yes	No	(913) 592-4600	556	19	28.8	0.5%	283 (50.9%)	69 (12.4%)	112 (20.1%)	4 (0.7%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	84 (15.1%)	$4,611			$00			$4,611	24.9	18.3	564	49
201226001461	516	Randolph Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1400 SW Randolph Ave	Topeka	66604	Shawnee County	Topeka Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 438-4480	359	26	13.5	75.5%	192 (53.5%)	54 (15.0%)	57 (15.9%)	3 (0.8%)	7 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (12.8%)	$12,258			$1,811			$10,446	24.8	39.9	412	104
200840000793	517	Prairie Park Elementary	Public	K-5	2711 Kensington Road	Lawrence	66046	Douglas County	Lawrence	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 832-5740	376	25	15	55.9%	222 (59.0%)	21 (5.6%)	39 (10.4%)	2 (0.5%)	8 (2.1%)	1 (0.3%)	83 (22.1%)	$11,322			$604			$10,718	24.8	26.8	511	6
200636001385	518	Liberty Elementary	Public	3-5	624 E. 8th Street	Galena	66739	Cherokee County	Galena	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 783-4499	192	11	17.1	65.1%	142 (74.0%)	4 (2.1%)	12 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.2%)	2 (1.0%)	22 (11.5%)	$12,191			$3,577			$8,614	24.7	31.9	478	40
200669000013	519	Greeley County Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	400 W Lawrence	Tribune	67879	Greeley County	Greeley County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 376-4274	120	10	11.6	50.0%	90 (75.0%)	1 (0.8%)	28 (23.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	$11,238			$1,307			$9,931	24.5	25.7	518	1
200354001126	520	Atchison Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	825 N 17th Street	Atchison	66002	Atchison County	Atchison Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 367-1161	703	55	12.7	68.3%	516 (73.4%)	41 (5.8%)	47 (6.7%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	94 (13.4%)	$10,731			$1,178			$9,553	24.4	22.7	535	15

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on KAP English Language Arts, KAP Mathematics, KAP Science test scores released by the Kansas State Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 8, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Kansas State Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Kansas State Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

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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.