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)
200587000612	181	Kanopolis Middle	Public	4-6	210 Iowa	Kanopolis	67454	Ellsworth County	Ellsworth	No	No	No	No	(785) 472-4477	144	11	13	35.4%	127 (88.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.5%)	$10,868			$505			$10,363	68	62.2	211	30
201095000472	182	Quinter Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	601 Gove	Quinter	67752	Gove County	Quinter Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 754-3741	186	14	13.5	38.2%	175 (94.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	4 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.7%)	$14,789			$484			$14,305	67.9	51.7	313	131
201098000855	183	McCormick Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	109 North 1st	Olsburg	66520	Pottawatomie County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 468-3551	126	10	12.9	26.2%	122 (96.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	$11,900			$266			$11,634	67.6	70.1	160	23
200396000164	184	Bennington Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	223 N. Putnam	Bennington	67422	Ottawa County	Twin Valley	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 488-3323	253	19	13.4	46.2%	231 (91.3%)	1 (0.4%)	15 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)	$11,159			$855			$10,304	67.3	74.9	127	57
201164000932	185	Sunflower Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	8955 Loiret Blvd	Lenexa	66219	Johnson County	Shawnee Mission Pub School	No	No	No	No	(913) 993-5400	397	27	14.6	32.5%	245 (61.7%)	39 (9.8%)	61 (15.4%)	21 (5.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.3%)	$10,516			$378			$10,138	67.2	65.1	191	6
200914002057	186	Vermillion Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	501 James	Maize	67101	Sedgwick County	Maize	No	No	No	Yes	(316) 722-0266	910	35	26.1	26.8%	655 (72.0%)	27 (3.0%)	129 (14.2%)	22 (2.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (8.2%)	$8,755			$619			$8,136	67.1	59.1	241	55
200918000938	187	Frank V Bergman Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3430 Lombard	Manhattan	66503	Riley County	Manhattan-Ogden	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 587-2865	555	30	18.2	46.5%	289 (52.1%)	42 (7.6%)	123 (22.2%)	34 (6.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	64 (11.5%)	$9,175			$1,094			$8,081	67.1	63.9	203	16
201068002041	188	Piper Creek Elementary	Public	3-5	13021 Leavenworth Rd	Kansas City	66109	Wyandotte County	Piper-Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 721-5000	610	38	15.9	29.5%	313 (51.3%)	80 (13.1%)	95 (15.6%)	61 (10.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (9.7%)	$10,822			$514			$10,309	67.1	73.8	133	55
200320001935	189	Farley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	6701 SW 33rd Street	Topeka	66614	Shawnee County	Auburn-Washburn	No	No	No	No	(785) 408-8300	624	41	15.1	38.8%	387 (62.0%)	33 (5.3%)	66 (10.6%)	56 (9.0%)	4 (0.6%)	3 (0.5%)	75 (12.0%)	$9,830			$520			$9,310	67	55.9	277	88
200729000960	190	Hillsboro Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	812 East A Street	Hillsboro	67063	Marion County	Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 947-3184	306	19	16	50.0%	266 (86.9%)	6 (2.0%)	21 (6.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.6%)	$10,079			$840			$9,238	66.8	72.6	142	48

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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.