Valley Falls Elementary

Summary:

Valley Falls Elementary is a public elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Valley Falls, Kansas, with 284 students. The school is part of the Valley Falls school district, which is ranked 202 out of 266 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Valley Falls Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Kansas elementary schools, with a ranking between 441-541 out of 653-670 schools over the past 5 years. The school's performance on state assessments (KAP) is below the state average in both English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels. Compared to nearby schools like North Fairview, Pleasant Ridge Elementary, and Atchison County Community Elementary, Valley Falls Elementary generally underperforms, with proficiency rates often below 20% in 6th-8th grade ELA and Mathematics.

The school's high percentage of students from low-income families, at 42.61% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, likely contributes to the academic struggles. The school's performance for subgroups like female, male, and white students is also below the state average, indicating achievement gaps. While Valley Falls Elementary has a slightly lower student-teacher ratio of 12.6 and higher per-student spending of $12,081 in 2018-2019 compared to the state average, it's unclear how these resources are being utilized to address the persistent challenges the school faces.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

 700 Oak Street
       Valley Falls, KS  66088


(785) 945-3221

District: Valley Falls

SchoolDigger Rank:
441st of 653 Kansas Elementary Schools


Students who attend Valley Falls Elementary usually attend:

High:    Valley Falls High

Student/teacher ratio:  12.6 Help
Number of students:  284

Racial breakdown:

White:
90.1%
Hispanic:
5.3%
Two or more races:
3.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  42.6% Help


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Compare Details Valley Falls Elementary ranks worse than 67.5% of elementary schools in Kansas. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 36.15. (See more...)
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Compare Details Valley Falls Elementary ranks worse than 81.5% of middle schools in Kansas. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 24.77. (See more...)
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Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Valley Falls Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Valley Falls Elementary 441st of 653 Kansas public elementary schools. (See Valley Falls Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


Low Socio Economic Status students:
White students:

SchoolDigger ranks Valley Falls Elementary 295th of 362 Kansas public middle schools. (See Valley Falls Elementary in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Valley Falls:

SchoolDigger ranks Valley Falls 202nd of 266 Kansas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Valley Falls Elementary

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Valley Falls Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 69.76 171st 585 70.8%
2007 65.65 231st 600 61.5%
2008 76.48 99th 614 83.9%
2009 74.58 111th 621 82.1%
2010 77.37 85th 630 86.5%
2011 74.96 101st 631 84.0%
2012 79.05 37th 660 94.4%
2013 79.22 70th 668 89.5%
2015 65.74 203rd 678 70.1%
2016 44.06 390th 656 40.5%
2017 44.56 383rd 659 41.9%
2018 40.11 415th 656 36.7%
2019 25.00 533rd 667 20.1%
2021 24.41 541st 670 19.3%
2022 28.26 512th 668 23.4%
2023 34.83 454th 660 31.2%
2024 36.15 441st 653 32.5%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Valley Falls Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.94 363rd 512 29.1%
2019 18.14 465th 509 8.6%
2021 48.08 259th 494 47.6%
2022 53.15 225th 512 56.1%
2023 49.92 258th 541 52.3%
2024 56.47 219th 546 59.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Valley Falls Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.85 345th 574 39.9%
2019 24.01 472nd 591 20.1%
2021 25.02 472nd 591 20.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Valley Falls Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.44 392nd 575 31.8%
2019 27.57 453rd 586 22.7%
2021 27.35 473rd 605 21.8%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Valley Falls Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.93 471st 574 17.9%
2019 13.82 545th 592 7.9%
2021 18.40 529th 587 9.9%
2022 21.43 513th 596 13.9%
2023 27.77 456th 584 21.9%
2024 31.21 440th 579 24.0%
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Data source: test scores: Kansas State Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Valley Falls Elementary

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Rank History for all middle school students at Valley Falls Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 46.61 156th 277 43.7%
2007 70.91 56th 286 80.4%
2008 71.25 67th 296 77.4%
2009 66.04 95th 307 69.1%
2010 81.68 12th 316 96.2%
2011 82.43 12th 320 96.3%
2012 76.28 36th 342 89.5%
2013 82.23 11th 355 96.9%
2015 66.49 87th 368 76.4%
2016 76.76 47th 343 86.3%
2017 61.91 101st 358 71.8%
2018 53.09 136th 350 61.1%
2019 58.21 120th 368 67.4%
2021 28.21 278th 367 24.3%
2022 24.81 299th 368 18.8%
2023 29.80 265th 362 26.8%
2024 24.77 295th 362 18.5%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Valley Falls Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.35 35th 255 86.3%
2019 68.90 46th 270 83.0%
2021 6.32 275th 275 0.0%
2022 29.22 213th 270 21.1%
2023 42.61 160th 300 46.7%
2024 12.75 290th 296 2.0%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Valley Falls Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.66 134th 275 51.3%
2019 56.86 99th 294 66.3%
2021 30.30 232nd 313 25.9%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Valley Falls Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.79 71st 280 74.6%
2019 53.80 114th 301 62.1%
2021 28.51 239th 308 22.4%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Valley Falls Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.29 145th 333 56.5%
2019 51.53 146th 344 57.6%
2021 15.76 319th 349 8.6%
2022 13.81 332nd 349 4.9%
2023 27.30 276th 349 20.9%
2024 21.57 304th 347 12.4%
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Data source: test scores: Kansas State Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Valley Falls Elementary Test Scores
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Data source: Kansas State Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Valley Falls Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 354 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 354
1989 355 0 0 0 1 n/a n/a 0 356
1990 368 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 368
1991 372 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 372
1992 371 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 371
1993 366 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 366
1994 273 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a 0 275
1995 227 0 2 0 2 n/a n/a 0 231
1996 227 0 2 0 2 n/a n/a 0 231
1997 302 2 3 0 0 n/a n/a 0 307
1998 308 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 308
1999 295 0 1 0 2 n/a n/a 0 298
2000 294 2 1 0 2 n/a n/a 0 299
2001 288 1 1 0 2 n/a n/a 0 292
2002 304 1 1 2 3 n/a n/a 0 311
2003 304 1 1 2 3 n/a n/a 0 311
2004 306 0 1 0 1 n/a n/a 0 308
2005 307 1 0 0 2 n/a n/a 0 310
2006 298 2 1 1 2 n/a n/a 0 304
2007 279 0 0 2 2 n/a n/a 0 283
2008 297 2 0 5 2 n/a n/a 0 306
2009 288 0 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 291
2010 262 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 269
2011 263 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 274
2012 266 3 0 11 0 2 2 0 284
2013 239 0 0 14 1 2 2 0 258
2014 262 2 0 15 1 2 2 0 284
2015 267 0 0 16 1 2 8 0 294
2016 279 0 0 15 2 1 3 0 300
2017 280 0 0 17 1 1 2 0 301
2018 270 0 0 17 1 1 4 0 293
2019 274 0 0 15 2 1 4 0 296
2020 268 0 0 15 2 1 4 0 290
2021 260 0 0 19 2 1 5 0 287
2022 262 0 0 15 2 0 7 0 286
2023 256 2 0 15 1 0 10 0 284

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Valley Falls Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 354 19.0 18.6 0
1989 356 20.0 17.8 n/a
1990 368 20.9 17.6 0
1991 372 20.9 17.7 n/a
1992 371 20.9 17.7 25.6
1993 366 20.9 17.5 18.3
1994 275 16.5 16.7 18.2
1995 231 17.5 13.2 26
1996 231 17.5 13.2 26
1997 307 23.7 13.0 28.3
1998 308 23.7 13.0 24
1999 298 22.0 13.5 24.8
2000 299 23.0 13.0 27.8
2001 292 25.0 11.7 28.1
2002 311 24.0 13.0 31.2
2003 311 24.0 13.0 31.2
2004 308 23.4 13.2 29.9
2005 310 24.0 12.9 28.7
2006 304 24.0 12.7 32.9
2007 283 25.3 11.2 30.4
2008 306 24.0 12.8 34.3
2009 291 27.5 10.6 37.1
2010 269 23.5 11.4 46.5
2011 274 22.6 12.1 45.6
2012 284 20.9 13.5 50.7
2013 258 19.7 13.0 46.9
2014 284 21.2 13.3 52.5
2015 294 24.0 12.2 55.8
2016 300 24.0 12.5 47.7
2017 301 21.8 13.8 46.2
2018 293 21.5 13.6 41.3
2019 296 20.1 14.7 38.2
2020 290 20.4 14.2 39
2021 287 19.6 14.6 36.2
2022 286 20.0 14.3 29.4
2023 284 22.4 12.6 42.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Valley Falls Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 354 19.0 18.6 0
1989 356 20.0 17.8 n/a
1990 368 20.9 17.6 0
1991 372 20.9 17.7 n/a
1992 371 20.9 17.7 25.6
1993 366 20.9 17.5 18.3
1994 275 16.5 16.7 18.2
1995 231 17.5 13.2 26
1996 231 17.5 13.2 26
1997 307 23.7 13.0 28.3
1998 308 23.7 13.0 24
1999 298 22.0 13.5 24.8
2000 299 23.0 13.0 27.8
2001 292 25.0 11.7 28.1
2002 311 24.0 13.0 31.2
2003 311 24.0 13.0 31.2
2004 308 23.4 13.2 29.9
2005 310 24.0 12.9 28.7
2006 304 24.0 12.7 32.9
2007 283 25.3 11.2 30.4
2008 306 24.0 12.8 34.3
2009 291 27.5 10.6 37.1
2010 269 23.5 11.4 46.5
2011 274 22.6 12.1 45.6
2012 284 20.9 13.5 50.7
2013 258 19.7 13.0 46.9
2014 284 21.2 13.3 52.5
2015 294 24.0 12.2 55.8
2016 300 24.0 12.5 47.7
2017 301 21.8 13.8 46.2
2018 293 21.5 13.6 41.3
2019 296 20.1 14.7 38.2
2020 290 20.4 14.2 39
2021 287 19.6 14.6 36.2
2022 286 20.0 14.3 29.4
2023 284 22.4 12.6 42.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Valley Falls Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $914 (7.6%) $11,167 (92.4%) $12,081

Data source: Kansas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Valley Falls Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 533rd of 667 Elementary schoolsRanks 454th of 660 Elementary schools
 11.1%
Ranks 120th of 368 Middle schoolsRanks 265th of 362 Middle schools
 40.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Valley Falls Elementary)26.128.6
 2.5%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Valley Falls)26.128.6
 2.5%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Kansas)40.638.1
 2.5%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Valley Falls Elementary)34.835.7
 0.9%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Valley Falls)34.835.7
 0.9%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Kansas)50.350.4
 0.2%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Valley Falls Elementary)31.636.4
 4.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Valley Falls)31.636.4
 4.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Kansas)47.642.8
 4.8%
4th Grade Mathematics (Valley Falls Elementary)18.439.4
 21%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Valley Falls)18.439.4
 21%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Kansas)36.137.6
 1.5%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Valley Falls Elementary)3733.3
 3.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Valley Falls)3733.3
 3.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Kansas)43.539.6
 4%
5th Grade Mathematics (Valley Falls Elementary)25.918.5
 7.4%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Valley Falls)25.918.5
 7.4%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Kansas)31.931.3
 0.6%
5th Grade Science (Valley Falls Elementary)33.344.4
 11.1%
   5th Grade Science (Valley Falls)33.344.4
 11.1%
   5th Grade Science (Kansas)43.142.1
 1%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Valley Falls Elementary)25.819.4
 6.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Valley Falls)25.819.4
 6.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Kansas)38.433.7
 4.7%
6th Grade Mathematics (Valley Falls Elementary)25.822.6
 3.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Valley Falls)25.822.6
 3.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Kansas)31.929.9
 2%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Valley Falls Elementary)56.227.6
 28.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Valley Falls)56.227.6
 28.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Kansas)31.831.7
 0%
7th Grade Mathematics (Valley Falls Elementary)34.427.6
 6.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Valley Falls)34.427.6
 6.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Kansas)27.927.5
 0.4%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Valley Falls Elementary)26.914.7
 12.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Valley Falls)26.914.7
 12.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Kansas)25.220.8
 4.4%
8th Grade Mathematics (Valley Falls Elementary)34.68.8
 25.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Valley Falls)34.68.8
 25.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Kansas)25.922.8
 3.1%
8th Grade Science (Valley Falls Elementary)30.814.7
 16.1%
   8th Grade Science (Valley Falls)30.814.7
 16.1%
   8th Grade Science (Kansas)30.722.7
 8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students296284
 4.1%
African American02
American Indian21
 50%
Asian00
Hispanic1515
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White274256
 6.6%
Two or More Races410
 150%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients38.2%42.6%
 4.4%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 284 students attended Valley Falls Elementary.

Students at Valley Falls Elementary are 90% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races.

Students who attend Valley Falls Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Valley Falls High

Valley Falls Elementary ranks 441st of 653 Kansas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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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.

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