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)
200549001457	21	Clear Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5815 Monticello Rd	Shawnee	66226	Johnson County	De Soto	No	No	No	No	(913) 422-8700	537	34	15.7	10.4%	467 (87.0%)	22 (4.1%)	13 (2.4%)	6 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.2%)	$7,745			$295			$7,450	93	90.1	42	21
201278001381	22	Valley Heights Elementary	Public	3-6	508 Chestnut	Blue Rapids	66411	Marshall County	Valley Heights	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 363-7693	118	10	11.5	44.1%	114 (96.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,823			$1,152			$10,671	92.9	89.8	44	22
200549001758	23	Prairie Ridge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	22405 Clear Creek Parkway	Shawnee	66226	Johnson County	De Soto	No	No	No	No	(913) 667-1800	472	33	14.5	5.1%	421 (89.2%)	14 (3.0%)	16 (3.4%)	8 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.5%)	$7,620			$276			$7,344	92.8	92.1	25	2
201164001893	24	Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	10000 Nieman Rd	Overland Park	66214	Johnson County	Shawnee Mission Pub School	No	No	No	No	(913) 993-4100	503	33	15.2	23.1%	381 (75.7%)	27 (5.4%)	54 (10.7%)	11 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.0%)	$10,636			$629			$10,006	92.7	91.6	27	3
201200001269	25	Blue River Elementary	Public	K-5	5101 W. 163rd Terrace	Overland Park	66085	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-6000	484	37	13	11.6%	326 (67.4%)	27 (5.6%)	36 (7.4%)	65 (13.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	27 (5.6%)	$10,246			$504			$9,742	92.4	90	43	18
200467000393	26	Cheney Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	126 W 5th	Cheney	67025	Sedgwick County	Cheney	No	No	No	Yes	(316) 542-3137	418	24	17.7	31.1%	375 (89.7%)	5 (1.2%)	20 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.6%)	$11,158			$288			$10,870	92.1	87.9	56	30
200894002012	27	Centre	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	2374 310th Street	Lost Springs	66859	Marion County	Centre	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 983-4321	198	24	8.3	44.4%	170 (85.9%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (13.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	$6,738			$424			$6,314	91.9	60.1	230	203
201014000145	28	Black Bob Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	14701 S Brougham Dr	Olathe	66062	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7310	349	24	14.7	24.4%	244 (69.9%)	15 (4.3%)	65 (18.6%)	6 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (5.2%)	$13,136			$1,129			$12,007	91.7	91	35	7
200914002083	29	Maize Virtual Preparatory School	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	301 S Park	Maize	67101	Sedgwick County	Maize	No	No	Yes	No	(316) 462-8800	396	21	18.9	0.8%	339 (85.6%)	10 (2.5%)	16 (4.0%)	7 (1.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.8%)	$4,889			$26			$4,863	91.6	87.6	60	31
201230002017	30	Circle Greenwich Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	3250 N Greenwich Rd	Wichita	67226	Sedgwick County	Circle	No	No	No	No	(316) 315-4000	332	19	17.4	20.8%	233 (70.2%)	39 (11.7%)	21 (6.3%)	24 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.5%)	$8,983			$615			$8,368	91.2	83.3	83	53

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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:

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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.