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)
200477001786	421	St. Paul Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	118 First Street	Saint Paul	66771	Neosho County	Chetopa-St. Paul	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 449-2245	138	9	15.3	44.9%	115 (83.3%)	1 (0.7%)	16 (11.6%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.6%)	$10,144			$1,559			$8,586	39.3	52.5	311	110
200738000654	422	Holton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	812 W. 5th. St.	Holton	66436	Jackson County	Holton	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 364-3251	559	38	14.5	47.2%	435 (77.8%)	4 (0.7%)	81 (14.5%)	2 (0.4%)	8 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.2%)	$15,802			$882			$14,920	39.3	33.4	469	47
200705000364	423	Nelson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	245 N Delos	Haysville	67060	Sedgwick County	Haysville	No	No	No	Yes	(316) 554-2273	438	32	13.6	63.2%	290 (66.2%)	9 (2.1%)	87 (19.9%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.4%)	43 (9.8%)	$11,042			$3,595			$7,448	38.9	39.1	415	8
201299000280	424	Price-Harris Communications Magnet	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	706 N Armour Dr	Wichita	67206	Sedgwick County	Wichita	No	Yes	No	No	(316) 973-1650	421	29	14.5	64.1%	199 (47.3%)	83 (19.7%)	85 (20.2%)	11 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (9.7%)	$10,910			$3,018			$7,892	38.7	40.5	407	17
200549001462	425	Starside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	35400 W 91St	De Soto	66018	Johnson County	De Soto	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 667-6270	439	39	11.1	49.2%	269 (61.3%)	5 (1.1%)	146 (33.3%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.4%)	$11,137			$603			$10,534	38.6	45	371	54
201164001546	426	Overland Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	8150 Santa Fe Dr	Overland Park	66204	Johnson County	Shawnee Mission Pub School	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 993-4200	374	28	13.6	52.9%	191 (51.1%)	36 (9.6%)	106 (28.3%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (10.2%)	$10,442			$512			$9,930	38.4	29	496	70
201226001455	427	McClure Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2529 SW Chelsea Dr	Topeka	66614	Shawnee County	Topeka Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 438-4340	312	21	14.7	75.0%	140 (44.9%)	34 (10.9%)	78 (25.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	57 (18.3%)	$13,228			$2,141			$11,087	38.4	44.1	377	50
201218001134	428	Shawnee Heights Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	2410 SE Burton Dr	Topeka	66605	Shawnee County	Shawnee Heights	No	No	No	No	(785) 357-5400	434	32	13.3	37.1%	264 (60.8%)	15 (3.5%)	90 (20.7%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (14.1%)	$10,254			$729			$9,524	38.2	41	402	26
200528000986	429	Council Grove Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	706 East Main Street	Council Grove	66846	Morris County	Morris County	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 767-6851	338	22	15.5	58.0%	299 (88.5%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.4%)	$7,768			$702			$7,066	38.1	45.8	365	64
201131000942	430	Bickerdyke Elementary	Public	2-5	348 N Maple St	Russell	67665	Russell County	Russell County	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 483-6066	220	18	12.2	54.5%	191 (86.8%)	3 (1.4%)	10 (4.5%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (6.4%)	$11,212			$1,026			$10,186	37.8	54.7	286	144

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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.