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)
200888001103	41	Windom Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	101 E Olive Ave	Windom	67491	McPherson County	Little River	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 489-6241	160	12	12.9	31.9%	147 (91.9%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	$12,123			$635			$11,489	90.1	91.7	26	15
201014001760	42	Clearwater Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	930 S Clearwater Creek Drive	Olathe	66061	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7360	571	33	17.3	14.5%	438 (76.7%)	38 (6.7%)	50 (8.8%)	22 (3.9%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.5%)	$9,316			$361			$8,955	89.8	83.7	80	38
200378001187	43	Linwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	14440 178TH Street	Bonner Springs	66012	Wyandotte County	Basehor-Linwood	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 724-2323	252	19	12.9	21.0%	209 (82.9%)	3 (1.2%)	22 (8.7%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.0%)	$11,025			$439			$10,585	89.8	83.5	81	38
201164001656	44	Christa McAuliffe Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	15600 W 83rd St	Lenexa	66219	Johnson County	Shawnee Mission Pub School	No	No	No	No	(913) 993-3500	407	30	13.4	19.9%	311 (76.4%)	26 (6.4%)	29 (7.1%)	14 (3.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (6.1%)	$9,744			$372			$9,371	89.7	86.1	70	26
201014002110	45	Canyon Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	24001 W 97th Terr	Lenexa	66227	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7400	444	30	14.8	6.1%	355 (80.0%)	17 (3.8%)	27 (6.1%)	31 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.9%)								89.7	95.7	13	32
201200001582	46	Leawood Elementary	Public	K-5	2400 W. 123rd St.	Leawood	66209	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-6600	556	36	15.3	6.3%	467 (84.0%)	9 (1.6%)	35 (6.3%)	15 (2.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.0%)	$9,043			$142			$8,901	89.4	89.5	47	1
201164001539	47	Ray Marsh Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	5642 Rosehill Rd	Shawnee	66216	Johnson County	Shawnee Mission Pub School	No	No	No	No	(913) 993-3400	478	27	17.5	32.2%	351 (73.4%)	31 (6.5%)	58 (12.1%)	12 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.4%)	$9,125			$376			$8,749	89.4	92.3	23	24
201200001400	48	Sunset Ridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	14901 England St.	Overland Park	66221	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-7400	433	33	13	8.3%	280 (64.7%)	18 (4.2%)	28 (6.5%)	91 (21.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.5%)	$10,548			$446			$10,103	89.3	86.9	64	16
200552001244	49	Dexter Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	311 N. Main	Dexter	67038	Cowley County	Dexter	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 876-5415	122	7	16.3	57.4%	113 (92.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.5%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.1%)	$10,737			$996			$9,741	89.1	79.1	108	59
200336001940	50	Prairie Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	654 YMCA Drive	Andover	67002	Butler County	Andover	No	No	No	Yes	(316) 218-4630	480	26	18.6	29.8%	324 (67.5%)	19 (4.0%)	43 (9.0%)	47 (9.8%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (9.2%)	$9,608			$948			$8,661	89	86.8	67	17

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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.