Summary:
Arma, Kansas, has two listed schools: Northeast Elementary, serving prekindergarten through grade 8, and North East High, serving grades 9–12. In 2025–26, both schools’ reported All Grades proficiency was below Kansas results in ELA, math and science: the elementary school scored 31%, 20% and 33%, while the high school scored 25%, 15% and 21%, compared with state results of 46%, 41% and 38%. The clearest shared concern is math, where both schools have their largest gaps with the state.
Northeast Elementary leads on reported All Grades proficiency in all three subjects, by 6 points in ELA, 5 in math and 11 in science; however, the schools serve different grades, so this is not a same-grade comparison. Science is its relative bright spot: eighth-grade science was 3 points above the state, while fifth grade was 23 points below. North East High has lower reported proficiency in each subject, but stronger completion figures: its graduation rate was 92%, 3 points above the state. SchoolDigger places the elementary school at 585th of 657 schools (11th percentile) and the high school at 295th of 340 (13th percentile).
Recent results show science improving at the elementary school, but ELA and math gaps with the state widening at both schools. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, elementary science rose 9 points as the state result fell 3; its ELA and math gaps widened by 1 point each. High-school ELA fell 3 points and math rose 1, while its state gaps widened by 4 and 2 points. SchoolDigger’s percentile positions also declined over three years: from 24th to 11th for the elementary school and from 23rd to 13th for the high school. The elementary school has a higher student–teacher ratio (10.6 versus 7.8) and a slightly higher free/reduced-lunch rate (74% versus 71%); the high school reports higher per-student spending ($22,062 versus $14,348). These figures describe different school contexts, not explanations for results.
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