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)
200474001867	301	Thayer Schools	Public	PK, KG-8	300 W. Wilson	Thayer	66776	Neosho County	Cherryvale	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 522-2109	130	11	11.8	52.3%	118 (90.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.4%)	$13,889			$1,316			$12,573	52.7	52.7	307	6
200330001500	302	Meadowview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	1377 21000 Road	Parsons	67357	Labette County	Labette County	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 421-1857	345	23	15	71.0%	292 (84.6%)	4 (1.2%)	15 (4.3%)	4 (1.2%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.8%)	$11,868			$1,247			$10,621	52.4	76.2	121	181
200666001029	303	Lincoln Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	5630 Broadway	Great Bend	67530	Barton County	Great Bend	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 793-1503	239	18	13.2	59.0%	180 (75.3%)	1 (0.4%)	47 (19.7%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.9%)	$11,921			$1,151			$10,770	52.2	37.3	427	124
200822000889	304	La Crosse Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	511 Elm Street	La Crosse	67548	Rush County	LaCrosse	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 222-2622	134	13	10.6	42.5%	120 (89.6%)	4 (3.0%)	7 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.2%)	$12,826			$920			$11,906	52.1	46.9	354	50
200000100524	305	Southeast Saline Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	5056 E K-4 Highway	Gypsum	67448	Saline County	Southeast Of Saline	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 536-4215	354	25	14.2	28.0%	328 (92.7%)	3 (0.8%)	7 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.0%)	$9,273			$533			$8,741	52	58.3	248	57
201008000475	306	Oberlin Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	201 W Ash	Oberlin	67749	Decatur County	Oberlin	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 475-2122	259	17	14.8	57.5%	211 (81.5%)	1 (0.4%)	31 (12.0%)	2 (0.8%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.6%)	$10,798			$708			$10,090	51.9	43.1	384	78
200993000499	307	Ness City Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	500 E Chestnut	Ness City	67560	Ness County	Ness City	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 798-2222	160	12	13.7	33.1%	130 (81.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (17.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	$13,200			$432			$12,768	51.8	59.6	234	73
201071000202	308	Lakeside Elementary	Public	K-5	709 South College	Pittsburg	66762	Crawford County	Pittsburg	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 235-3140	391	29	13.7	69.1%	273 (69.8%)	9 (2.3%)	67 (17.1%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.3%)	8 (2.0%)	28 (7.2%)	$11,875			$1,420			$10,454	51.8	35.3	448	140
200001500461	309	Lincoln Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1102 Milner	Ottawa	66067	Franklin County	Ottawa	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 229-8080	358	29	12.1	79.1%	314 (87.7%)	4 (1.1%)	22 (6.1%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.2%)	$11,762			$1,687			$10,075	51.3	56.5	274	35
201017000594	310	Onaga Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	400 High St	Onaga	66521	Pottawatomie County	Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 889-7101	166	12	14	48.8%	157 (94.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)	$11,106			$2,091			$9,014	51.2	51.6	314	4

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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.