Summary:
Altamont, Kansas, has three schools serving students from prekindergarten through grade 12: Altamont Elementary (PK–8), Labette County High School (9–12), and Labette County Virtual School (6–12); together, they enroll 730 students. The most important current contrast is in math: elementary proficiency was 43%, while high school proficiency was 30%, a 13-point gap.
Altamont Elementary stands out among schools with 2025–26 results, leading in all three subjects and exceeding Kansas by 1 point in ELA, 2 in math, and 7 in science. Labette County High School was nearly level with the state in ELA and science, but its math result was 11 points below Kansas. The lowest ELA result was at Labette County Virtual School: 7% in 2024–25, 37 points below the state; its math result was 36%, about 3 points below. Other virtual-school indicators also warrant attention: its graduation rate was 67%, compared with 90% statewide, and its dropout rate was 34%, versus 1% statewide.
Results declined at both in-person schools between 2024–25 and 2025–26, while Kansas results rose: high-school math fell 5 points and elementary math 1 point; ELA fell 3 points at the high school and 7 at the elementary school. SchoolDigger’s rankings also pulled back after improving: the high school moved from the 27th to the 68th percentile, then to the 58th; the elementary school went from the 52nd to the 68th, then to the 58th. The schools have similar reported free/reduced-lunch rates—58% at the high school and 59% at the elementary school—but different student–teacher ratios, 12.3 and 16.3. Chronic absenteeism was 23% at the high school and 8% at the elementary school; the high school’s graduation rate was nevertheless 98%. These figures describe different grade spans, and the virtual school’s test results are from a different year.
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