Best Elementary Schools in Kansas

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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)
200034601900	481	Thunder Ridge Middle School	Public	4-8	941 Kansas Avenue	Agra	67621	Phillips County	Thunder Ridge Schools	No	No	No	No	(785) 638-2244	64	7	9.2	45.3%	49 (76.6%)	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (15.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.3%)	$16,600			$1,977			$14,623	29.8	33.5	467	14
201299000298	482	McCollom Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1201 Waddington	Wichita	67212	Sedgwick County	Wichita	No	No	No	No	(316) 973-0350	321	26	12.2	57.3%	185 (57.6%)	23 (7.2%)	65 (20.2%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	42 (13.1%)	$11,627			$4,568			$7,059	29.8	35.2	449	33
200580000528	483	Ell-Saline Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1757 N Halstead Rd	Salina	67401	Saline County	Ell-Saline	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 827-8891	236	16	15.1	45.3%	215 (91.1%)	2 (0.8%)	17 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	$11,289			$1,107			$10,182	29.6	32.7	474	9
200639001633	484	Edith Scheuerman Elementary	Public	K-4	1901 Wilcox	Garden City	67846	Finney County	Garden City	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 805-7350	180	15	11.7	85.0%	28 (15.6%)	5 (2.8%)	143 (79.4%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)	$13,391			$1,810			$11,581	29.5	19.7	557	73
200939000995	485	Roosevelt Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	800 S Walnut	McPherson	67460	McPherson County	McPherson	No	Yes	No	Yes	(620) 241-9550	266	22	12.2	64.7%	186 (69.9%)	5 (1.9%)	45 (16.9%)	4 (1.5%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (8.6%)	$12,372			$1,084			$11,288	29.3	30.9	485
200762001734	486	Hutchinson Magnet School at Allen	Public, Magnet	K-6	403 West 10th	Hutchinson	67501	Reno County	Hutchinson Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(620) 615-4900	264	19	14	61.4%	137 (51.9%)	7 (2.7%)	85 (32.2%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	31 (11.7%)	$9,434			$1,844			$7,590	29.3	27.5	505	19
201026000771	487	Trojan Elementary	Public	1-5	1901 Parker Ave	Osawatomie	66064	Miami County	Osawatomie	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 755-4133	375	32	11.7	72.8%	302 (80.5%)	3 (0.8%)	29 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (10.9%)	$14,071			$2,086			$11,984	29.2	33.3	470	17
201080001896	488	Williamsburg Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	140 North Louisa	Williamsburg	66095	Franklin County	West Franklin	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 746-5777	102	9	12	48.0%	93 (91.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.9%)	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.9%)	$14,926			$5,192			$9,734	29.1	36	444	44
200996002037	489	South Breeze Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	1020 Old Main	Newton	67114	Harvey County	Newton	No	No	No	Yes	(316) 284-6560	334	22	15.1	57.2%	182 (54.5%)	8 (2.4%)	101 (30.2%)	4 (1.2%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	35 (10.5%)	$8,870			$636			$8,233	28.8	42.5	385	104
201164001518	490	Apache Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	8910 Goddard	Overland Park	66214	Johnson County	Shawnee Mission Pub School	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 993-1600	526	33	16	71.5%	164 (31.2%)	81 (15.4%)	210 (39.9%)	11 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (11.4%)	$9,576			$904			$8,672	28.8	20.9	547	57

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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.

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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.