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)
201299000306	651	Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1025 N Main	Wichita	67203	Sedgwick County	Wichita	No	No	No	Yes	(316) 973-5250	337	23	14.5	90.8%	38 (11.3%)	47 (13.9%)	220 (65.3%)	3 (0.9%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.4%)	$14,066			$4,128			$9,937	5.2	4.5	657	6
201299000295	652	Linwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1654 S. Hydraulic	Wichita	67211	Sedgwick County	Wichita	No	No	No	Yes	(316) 973-8100	438	34	12.9	89.7%	112 (25.6%)	46 (10.5%)	211 (48.2%)	16 (3.7%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (11.2%)	$11,995			$4,030			$7,965	5.1	7.3	636	16
201299000267	653	Colvin Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2820 S Roosevelt	Wichita	67210	Sedgwick County	Wichita	No	No	No	Yes	(316) 973-7600	574	44	13	96.3%	70 (12.2%)	81 (14.1%)	336 (58.5%)	44 (7.7%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	38 (6.6%)	$13,096			$4,160			$8,936	4.1	4.2	659	6

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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:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

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.