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)
201071000201	281	Geo E Nettels Elementary	Public	K-5	2012 South Homer	Pittsburg	66762	Crawford County	Pittsburg	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 235-3160	318	22	14.4	65.1%	194 (61.0%)	20 (6.3%)	37 (11.6%)	9 (2.8%)	3 (0.9%)	26 (8.2%)	29 (9.1%)	$13,548			$1,394			$12,154	55.1	50.9	321	40
200960000082	282	Minneola Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	111 East Locust	Minneola	67865	Clark County	Minneola	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 885-4571	172	14	12.2	58.7%	127 (73.8%)	1 (0.6%)	29 (16.9%)	3 (1.7%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.4%)	$14,337			$05			$14,333	55	58.9	243	39
200546000353	283	El Paso Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	900 E Crestway	Derby	67037	Sedgwick County	Derby	No	No	No	No	(316) 788-8545	279	19	14.3	55.6%	215 (77.1%)	6 (2.2%)	36 (12.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.8%)	$9,026			$641			$8,385	54.8	45.5	367	84
201128002033	284	Pawnee Heights	Public, Alternative	3-12	100 West Grand	Rozel	67574	Pawnee County	Pawnee Heights	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 527-4211	99	12	8	47.5%	84 (84.8%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (14.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	$16,746			$804			$15,942	54.6	71.4	149	135
201164001682	285	Broken Arrow Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	5901 Alden	Shawnee	66216	Johnson County	Shawnee Mission Pub School	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 993-2300	364	31	11.6	53.8%	160 (44.0%)	73 (20.1%)	69 (19.0%)	19 (5.2%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	39 (10.7%)	$12,546			$804			$11,742	54.6	48.6	342	57
200978001013	286	Moundridge Middle	Public	4-8	530 E. Cole	Moundridge	67107	McPherson County	Moundridge	No	No	No	No	(620) 345-5500	171	13	12.9	44.4%	149 (87.1%)	2 (1.2%)	12 (7.0%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.5%)	$12,356			$201			$12,155	54.4	40.9	405	119
201218001137	287	Tecumseh North Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	314 SE Stanton Road	Tecumseh	66542	Shawnee County	Shawnee Heights	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 379-5910	460	31	14.6	52.2%	273 (59.3%)	29 (6.3%)	101 (22.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (12.2%)	$10,273			$667			$9,606	54.3	41.6	394	107
200918001875	288	Bluemont Elementary School	Public	K-5	714 Bluemont Ave.	Manhattan	66502	Riley County	Manhattan-Ogden	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 587-2030	215	18	11.6	52.1%	125 (58.1%)	15 (7.0%)	28 (13.0%)	30 (14.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (7.4%)	$8,977			$1,134			$7,843	54	64	202	86
200966000237	289	Marmaton Valley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	210 West Oak Street	Moran	66755	Allen County	Marmaton Valley	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 237-4381	145	11	13.8	60.7%	130 (89.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (9.0%)	$10,513			$591			$9,922	53.9	37.8	422	133
200320001066	290	Auburn Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	810 N Commercial	Auburn	66402	Shawnee County	Auburn-Washburn	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 339-4400	348	33	10.6	33.9%	298 (85.6%)	5 (1.4%)	23 (6.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.7%)	$9,123			$593			$8,530	53.9	59.3	238	52

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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.