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)
200001200094	221	Hanover Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	209 E North	Hanover	66945	Washington County	Barnes	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 337-2281	231	9	24.6	19.5%	225 (97.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,223			$316			$12,907	62.2			(n/a)
200756000055	222	Hugoton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	304 E 6th	Hugoton	67951	Stevens County	Hugoton Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 544-4376	506	36	13.9	60.1%	51 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	453 (89.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$8,279			$1,168			$7,111	62.1	52.9	303	81
201014001590	223	Tomahawk Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	13820 Brougham Dr	Olathe	66062	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7690	348	26	13.1	47.7%	212 (60.9%)	27 (7.8%)	74 (21.3%)	6 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	28 (8.0%)	$14,752			$813			$13,939	62.1	60.2	229	6
200840000778	224	Sunflower Elementary	Public	K-5	2521 Inverness Drive	Lawrence	66047	Douglas County	Lawrence	No	No	No	No	(785) 832-5870	452	33	13.6	47.6%	280 (61.9%)	27 (6.0%)	55 (12.2%)	10 (2.2%)	13 (2.9%)	2 (0.4%)	65 (14.4%)	$9,519			$431			$9,088	62	73.3	138	86
200789001261	225	Morris Hill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4722 Normandy Drive	Fort Riley	66442	Geary County	Geary County Schools	No	No	No	No	(785) 717-4650	350	22	15.9	50.9%	178 (50.9%)	46 (13.1%)	71 (20.3%)	7 (2.0%)	3 (0.9%)	6 (1.7%)	39 (11.1%)	$10,095			$534			$9,560	62	50.6	325	100
200918000851	226	Woodrow Wilson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	312 N Juliette Avenue	Manhattan	66502	Riley County	Manhattan-Ogden	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 587-2170	232	20	11.8	52.6%	132 (56.9%)	25 (10.8%)	41 (17.7%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	28 (12.1%)	$8,670			$856			$7,814	61.8	54	295	69
201056001986	227	Guthridge School	Public	4-5	1020 South 31st Street	Parsons	67357	Labette County	Parsons	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 421-6800	188	17	11.1	79.8%	110 (58.5%)	21 (11.2%)	28 (14.9%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (13.8%)	$9,212			$2,685			$6,526	61.5	47.9	346	119
201014000134	228	Westview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	500 S Troost St	Olathe	66061	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 780-7750	159	18	8.7	79.2%	38 (23.9%)	7 (4.4%)	109 (68.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.1%)	$20,787			$2,712			$18,075	61.5	71.5	148	80
200438000743	229	Caldwell Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1 North Osage Street	Caldwell	67022	Sumner County	Caldwell	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 845-2585	133	8	17	66.9%	104 (78.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (12.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (9.0%)	$11,922			$1,424			$10,498	61.5	57	270	41
200594001797	230	Timmerman Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2901 Timmerman Dr	Emporia	66801	Lyon County	Emporia	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 341-2270	367	30	12.4	43.6%	219 (59.7%)	0 (0.0%)	126 (34.3%)	7 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.1%)	$10,560			$1,178			$9,382	61.2	61.1	218	12

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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.