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)
200585000867	231	Washington Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	100 East 13th	Ellis	67637	Ellis County	Ellis	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 726-3136	185	12	15.6	41.6%	174 (94.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.2%)	$11,959			$1,387			$10,572	61.2	55.1	284	53
201284000726	232	Washington Elementary	Public	K-5	1100 N Washington	Wellington	67152	Sumner County	Wellington	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 326-4370	89	9	9.7	59.6%	69 (77.5%)	2 (2.2%)	13 (14.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.5%)	$11,401			$1,476			$9,925	61.1	50	330	98
201299000308	233	Peterson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9710 W Central	Wichita	67212	Sedgwick County	Wichita	No	No	No	No	(316) 973-0400	327	27	12.2	59.0%	181 (55.4%)	26 (8.0%)	69 (21.1%)	8 (2.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (12.8%)	$9,565			$2,477			$7,088	61.1	48.6	341	108
200546001599	234	Tanglewood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	830 Ridgecrest Rd	Derby	67037	Sedgwick County	Derby	No	No	No	No	(316) 788-8565	596	25	23.7	22.8%	482 (80.9%)	14 (2.3%)	59 (9.9%)	13 (2.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.2%)	$9,390			$828			$8,562	61.1	55	285	51
200642001780	235	Madison Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	800 W. Madison St.	Gardner	66030	Johnson County	Gardner Edgerton	No	No	No	No	(913) 856-0400	523	35	14.7	31.7%	397 (75.9%)	28 (5.4%)	40 (7.6%)	8 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (9.4%)	$9,754			$368			$9,387	61	57.6	256	21
200918000850	236	Theo Roosevelt Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1401 Houston Street	Manhattan	66502	Riley County	Manhattan-Ogden	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 587-2090	474	19	24.5	55.5%	271 (57.2%)	42 (8.9%)	89 (18.8%)	9 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	60 (12.7%)	$9,007			$1,104			$7,903	60.8	67.8	175	61
200906000712	237	Macksville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	433 N. Gilmore	Macksville	67557	Stafford County	Macksville	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 348-2835	103	12	8.3	66.0%	65 (63.1%)	1 (1.0%)	35 (34.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)	$16,629			$520			$16,109	60.7	57.1	268	31
201226001466	238	Whitson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1725 SW Arnold Ave	Topeka	66604	Shawnee County	Topeka Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 438-4570	434	31	13.9	62.7%	220 (50.7%)	36 (8.3%)	135 (31.1%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (9.2%)	$13,115			$2,111			$11,004	60.6	50.2	328	90
200747001041	239	Horton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	300 E 16th	Horton	66439	Brown County	South Brown County	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 486-2616	229	19	12	56.8%	169 (73.8%)	1 (0.4%)	26 (11.4%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (11.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.6%)	$14,390			$1,390			$13,000	60.5	60.6	226	13
200570001962	240	Atchison County Community Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	607 8th Street	Effingham	66023	Atchison County	Atchison County Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 833-4420	256	21	12.1	48.8%	239 (93.4%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.7%)	$13,720			$1,022			$12,698	60.5	62.7	209	31

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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.