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)
200318001059	451	Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary	Public	4-5	1101 North Vine	Abilene	67410	Dickinson County	Abilene	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 263-1643	233	11	21.1	57.5%	201 (86.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.4%)	$10,716			$1,260			$9,456	34.7	54.1	294	157
200582000731	452	Ellinwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	310 E. 6th St.	Ellinwood	67526	Barton County	Ellinwood Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 564-2750	229	16	14.3	46.3%	199 (86.9%)	2 (0.9%)	20 (8.7%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.6%)	$11,792			$1,154			$10,639	34.5	31	484	32
200735000756	453	Holcomb Elementary 3-5	Public	3-5	200 N Main	Holcomb	67851	Finney County	Holcomb	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 277-2257	207	15	14	57.0%	111 (53.6%)	3 (1.4%)	84 (40.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.3%)	$9,106			$959			$8,148	34.3	33.5	466	13
201215001347	454	Syracuse Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	408 N Main	Syracuse	67878	Hamilton County	Syracuse	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 384-5203	304	26	11.6	75.3%	105 (34.5%)	0 (0.0%)	198 (65.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$10,529			$758			$9,771	34.3	23.7	533	79
200513000734	455	Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood	Public	PK, KG-5	111 N. Highland	Conway Springs	67031	Sumner County	Conway Springs	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 456-2966	150	13	11.7	44.7%	137 (91.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.3%)	$12,071			$1,166			$10,906	34.2	55.3	281	174
200984001667	456	Mulvane Grade School	Public	3-5	411 SE Louis Blvd	Mulvane	67110	Sedgwick County	Mulvane	No	No	No	Yes	(316) 777-1981	386	27	14.4	43.8%	323 (83.7%)	2 (0.5%)	28 (7.3%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.0%)	$8,287			$690			$7,597	34.1	36.8	433	23
201164001544	457	Nieman Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	10917 W 67th St	Shawnee	66203	Johnson County	Shawnee Mission Pub School	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 993-4000	442	31	14.3	67.9%	170 (38.5%)	51 (11.5%)	181 (41.0%)	4 (0.9%)	2 (0.5%)	5 (1.1%)	29 (6.6%)	$10,856			$925			$9,931	33.8	26.7	512	55
200579001973	458	Kansas Connections Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	150 Wildcat Ave	Elkhart	67950	Morton County	Elkhart	No	No	Yes	No	(785) 205-6836	1,212	34	36.1		790 (65.2%)	80 (6.6%)	213 (17.6%)	23 (1.9%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	103 (8.5%)	$4,894			$00			$4,894	33.7	36.4	440	18
201002000058	459	Eisenhower Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1100 Eisenhower Drive	Norton	67654	Norton County	Norton Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 877-5113	404	26	15.7	55.7%	370 (91.6%)	4 (1.0%)	17 (4.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.0%)	$10,605			$1,004			$9,601	33.4	38.2	420	39
201176000883	460	Solomon Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	411 N. Pine	Solomon	67480	Dickinson County	Solomon	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 655-2521	263	25	10.3	60.8%	236 (89.7%)	1 (0.4%)	16 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.4%)	$11,551			$775			$10,776	33.4	30.6	489	29

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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.