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)
200771001127	381	Inman Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	207 N Maple	Inman	67546	McPherson County	Inman	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 585-6441	265	20	13	40.0%	229 (86.4%)	3 (1.1%)	18 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.3%)	$10,176			$3,022			$7,154	44.3	74.4	130	251
200795001408	382	Frank Rushton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2605 W 43rd Avenue	Kansas City	66103	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-3050	319	20	15.7	76.8%	45 (14.1%)	66 (20.7%)	186 (58.3%)	7 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	13 (4.1%)	$11,828			$4,003			$7,826	44.3	34.5	459	77
200396000166	383	Tescott Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	305 N. Minnesota	Tescott	67484	Ottawa County	Twin Valley	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 283-4774	79	8	9.6	78.5%	69 (87.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (6.3%)	$11,179			$855			$10,324	44.2	60.6	225	158
201113000925	384	Riverton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7166 SE 70th	Riverton	66770	Cherokee County	Riverton	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 848-4078	306	21	14.4	59.8%	245 (80.1%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (13.1%)	$9,746			$889			$8,857	44.1	46.2	362	22
201164001516	385	East Antioch Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	7342 Lowell Ave	Overland Park	66204	Johnson County	Shawnee Mission Pub School	No	No	No	No	(913) 993-3200	282	22	13.1	50.7%	162 (57.4%)	25 (8.9%)	68 (24.1%)	4 (1.4%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	19 (6.7%)	$10,068			$371			$9,697	44.1	49.8	331	54
200035002073	386	Axtell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	504 Pine Street	Axtell	66403	Marshall County	Prairie Hills	No	No	No	No	(785) 736-2237	117	10	11.1	32.5%	113 (96.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	$12,178			$319			$11,859	44	89.1	50	336
200474001122	387	Lincoln Central Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	401 E Main	Cherryvale	67335	Montgomery County	Cherryvale	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 336-8140	274	26	10.4	69.3%	224 (81.8%)	2 (0.7%)	20 (7.3%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (8.8%)	$10,491			$1,973			$8,517	44	48.2	345	42
200957000161	388	Minneapolis Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	317 Argyle Ave	Minneapolis	67467	Ottawa County	North Ottawa County	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 392-2111	314	27	11.5	52.5%	290 (92.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (7.0%)	$11,589			$1,069			$10,520	43.6	48.8	337	51
201230000804	389	Circle Oil Hill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	2700 W 6th Ave	El Dorado	67042	Butler County	Circle	No	No	No	Yes	(316) 321-9515	273	18	15.1	44.3%	245 (89.7%)	5 (1.8%)	12 (4.4%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.9%)	$8,464			$545			$7,919	43.4	57.1	265	124
200363000741	390	Ewalt Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2340 Greyhound Drive	Augusta	67010	Butler County	Augusta	No	No	No	No	(316) 775-0056	322	17	18.6	52.8%	255 (79.2%)	3 (0.9%)	32 (9.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (9.6%)	$6,696			$700			$5,996	43.3	57.8	253	137

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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.