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)
201164001561	31	Trailwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	5101 W 95th St	Overland Park	66207	Johnson County	Shawnee Mission Pub School	No	No	No	No	(913) 993-5600	444	27	16.3	12.4%	369 (83.1%)	10 (2.3%)	21 (4.7%)	13 (2.9%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.3%)	$8,769			$276			$8,494	91.1	96	12	19
201014001718	32	Arbor Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	16150 S Brougham Dr	Olathe	66062	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7300	501	28	17.9	10.0%	387 (77.2%)	30 (6.0%)	42 (8.4%)	32 (6.4%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	6 (1.2%)	$11,253			$267			$10,986	91	84	77	45
201200000534	33	Prairie Star Elementary	Public	K-5	3800 W. 143rd St.	Leawood	66224	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-7100	386	30	12.9	7.8%	298 (77.2%)	2 (0.5%)	14 (3.6%)	39 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (8.5%)	$11,764			$160			$11,604	91	89.4	49	16
201164001521	34	Belinder Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	7230 Belinder Rd	Prairie Village	66208	Johnson County	Shawnee Mission Pub School	No	No	No	No	(913) 993-1800	448	29	15.3	8.3%	385 (85.9%)	2 (0.4%)	32 (7.1%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.4%)	$9,641			$283			$9,358	91	93.6	21	13
201185001852	35	Prairie Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	17077 W 165th St	Olathe	66062	Johnson County	Spring Hill	No	No	No	No	(913) 592-7255	439	29	15.4	4.6%	366 (83.4%)	7 (1.6%)	33 (7.5%)	15 (3.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.6%)	$10,991			$2,820			$8,171	90.9	94.9	16	19
200549001724	36	Mize Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7301 Mize Road	Shawnee	66227	Johnson County	De Soto	No	No	No	No	(913) 441-0880	459	32	14.1	10.2%	402 (87.6%)	6 (1.3%)	22 (4.8%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (4.8%)	$8,337			$296			$8,041	90.9	88.4	53	17
200633000047	37	Eisenhower Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1 Eisenhower Circle Bldg 327	Fort Leavenworth	66027	Leavenworth County	Fort Leavenworth	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 651-6663	348	28	12.4	10.3%	220 (63.2%)	32 (9.2%)	50 (14.4%)	8 (2.3%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.1%)	32 (9.2%)	$9,590			$1,652			$7,939	90.8	93.8	20	17
201014001703	38	Green Springs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	14675 S Alden St	Olathe	66062	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7450	245	22	11.3	22.4%	179 (73.1%)	18 (7.3%)	21 (8.6%)	12 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.1%)	$14,395			$750			$13,645	90.5	89.7	46	8
200918001639	39	Amanda Arnold Elementary	Public	K-5	1435 Hudson	Manhattan	66503	Riley County	Manhattan-Ogden	No	No	No	No	(785) 587-2020	439	33	13.1	24.4%	291 (66.3%)	32 (7.3%)	40 (9.1%)	27 (6.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	46 (10.5%)	$8,942			$857			$8,085	90.4	91.3	31	8
201014001759	40	Manchester Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9810 Prairie Creek Rd	Lenexa	66220	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7540	594	37	16	9.3%	470 (79.1%)	31 (5.2%)	40 (6.7%)	30 (5.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.5%)	$8,659			$508			$8,151	90.3	91.2	33	7

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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.