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)
201014001541	121	Sunnyside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	16025 S. Lindenwood Dr	Olathe	66062	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7680	338	25	13.4	15.7%	249 (73.7%)	30 (8.9%)	15 (4.4%)	20 (5.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.8%)	$10,727			$294			$10,432	75.5	86.5	68	53
201161000168	122	Sharon Springs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	521 N. Main	Sharon Springs	67758	Wallace County	Wallace County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 852-4267	128	11	11.4	39.1%	104 (81.3%)	6 (4.7%)	6 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.8%)	$12,887			$181			$12,706	75.4	51.2	317	195
200633000048	123	MacArthur Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1 MacArthur Loop Building 210	Fort Leavenworth	66027	Leavenworth County	Fort Leavenworth	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 651-6517	446	33	13.5	2.0%	289 (64.8%)	26 (5.8%)	57 (12.8%)	16 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	53 (11.9%)	$9,892			$1,704			$8,188	75.3	88.4	54	69
200639001178	124	Jennie Wilson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	1401 E Harding	Garden City	67846	Finney County	Garden City	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 805-7750	800	15	54	68.9%	138 (17.3%)	50 (6.3%)	560 (70.0%)	30 (3.8%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.4%)	$11,545			$1,948			$9,598	75	66.3	184	60
200555001294	125	Dighton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	320 E James	Dighton	67839	Lane County	Dighton	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 397-5319	162	8	19.7	46.3%	144 (88.9%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,535			$277			$8,259	74.6	75.2	125
200363000915	126	Garfield Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1053 Osage	Augusta	67010	Butler County	Augusta	No	No	No	Yes	(316) 775-6601	259	16	15.9	44.0%	229 (88.4%)	2 (0.8%)	17 (6.6%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.5%)	$8,324			$1,412			$6,912	74.4	71.7	147	21
201137000512	127	Meadowlark Ridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2200 Glen Ave	Salina	67401	Saline County	Salina	No	No	No	No	(785) 309-4300	409	30	13.4	34.2%	291 (71.1%)	11 (2.7%)	68 (16.6%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (8.8%)	$10,847			$2,197			$8,650	74.1	73.5	137	10
200810000701	128	Kinsley-Offerle Elementary Pre-K-5	Public	PK, KG-5	325 S Elm	Offerle	67563	Edwards County	Kinsley-Offerle	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 659-2866	139	12	11.3	56.8%	92 (66.2%)	1 (0.7%)	43 (30.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.2%)	$14,566			$588			$13,978	74	65.6	189	61
201200000111	129	Stanley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6121 W. 158th St.	Overland Park	66223	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-7200	628	28	22.5	16.7%	387 (61.6%)	33 (5.3%)	56 (8.9%)	109 (17.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (6.5%)	$12,896			$403			$12,494	73.5	73.2	139	10
201185002072	130	Wolf Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	19250 Ridgeview Road	Spring Hill	66083	Johnson County	Spring Hill	No	No	No	No	(913) 592-7233	303	27	11.4	10.6%	256 (84.5%)	3 (1.0%)	24 (7.9%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.0%)	$11,367			$3,322			$8,045	73.4	78.6	111	19

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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.