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)
200990001196	501	North Lawn Elementary	Public	K-7	620 Granby Street	Neodesha	66757	Wilson County	Neodesha	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 325-3011	174	12	14	67.2%	140 (80.5%)	12 (6.9%)	12 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.2%)	$10,548			$2,255			$8,294	27.1	27.6	504	3
200855000037	502	Bluestem Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	501 Mill Road	Leon	67074	Butler County	Bluestem	No	No	No	Yes	(316) 742-3291	280	23	12.4	43.2%	249 (88.9%)	1 (0.4%)	22 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (1.8%)	$11,262			$971			$10,291	27.1	29.7	491	11
200558001091	503	Miller Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1100 Avenue G	Dodge City	67801	Ford County	Dodge City	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 471-2100	765	30	25.5	87.2%	52 (6.8%)	15 (2.0%)	684 (89.4%)	3 (0.4%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.7%)	$14,802			$5,697			$9,105	27	37.2	428	75
201137001604	504	Schilling Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3121 Canterbury	Salina	67401	Saline County	Salina	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 309-4400	399	34	11.6	82.7%	148 (37.1%)	11 (2.8%)	182 (45.6%)	14 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	43 (10.8%)	$12,774			$3,271			$9,503	26.9	28.4	497	7
200489000828	505	Wakefield Elementary	Public	K-8	502 Third	Wakefield	67487	Clay County	Clay County	No	No	No	No	(785) 461-5437	145	12	11.6	60.7%	121 (83.4%)	1 (0.7%)	18 (12.4%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.8%)	$10,781			$809			$9,971	26.8	43.4	380	125
200639001173	506	Georgia Matthews Elementary	Public	K-4	111 Johnson	Garden City	67846	Finney County	Garden City	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 805-7550	126	9	13.5	81.0%	17 (13.5%)	5 (4.0%)	97 (77.0%)	5 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	$10,982			$1,507			$9,475	26.6	41	403	103
200999000549	507	South Hutchinson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	405 South Poplar	South Hutchinson	67505	Reno County	Nickerson	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 665-8441	329	26	12.6	51.7%	269 (81.8%)	7 (2.1%)	40 (12.2%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.0%)	$10,546			$1,042			$9,504	26.2	33.4	468	39
201284000723	508	Kennedy Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	501 N Woodlawn	Wellington	67152	Sumner County	Wellington	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 326-4350	136	13	10.3	86.0%	91 (66.9%)	1 (0.7%)	26 (19.1%)	3 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (11.0%)	$11,102			$1,291			$9,812	26.1	36.6	438	70
201014000132	509	Ridgeview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1201 E Elm St	Olathe	66061	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 780-7630	252	27	9.4	65.5%	96 (38.1%)	12 (4.8%)	131 (52.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.0%)	$16,851			$2,512			$14,340	25.9	19.7	556	47
200795001432	510	Stony Point North	Public	K-5	8200 Elizabeth	Kansas City	66112	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-4500	301	25	11.9	86.4%	57 (18.9%)	75 (24.9%)	116 (38.5%)	24 (8.0%)	3 (1.0%)	4 (1.3%)	22 (7.3%)	$12,980			$4,102			$8,878	25.4	24.9	525	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.