Best Public Schools in Cimarron, KS

Cimarron has two schools serving grades PK–12: Cimarron Elementary serves PK–6 and has 312 students, while Cimarron High serves grades 7–12 and has 251. In 2025–2026, the two schools’ equal-weighted average proficiency was below Kansas rates in all three subjects: 43% in ELA versus 46% statewide, 39% in math versus 41%, and 34% in science versus 38%. The most important takeaway is that neither school leads in every subject, and the area average falls short of the state in each one.

Cimarron Elementary stands out in ELA and science, while Cimarron High leads in math. Elementary’s all-grades ELA proficiency was 44%, 4 percentage points above High’s 41%; its science rate was 40%, 14 points higher than High’s 27%. High’s math rate was 42%, 7 points above Elementary’s 35%. Compared with state rates, Elementary was above in all-grades science by 2 points, while High was above in math by 1 point; High’s science was 11 points below state. Grade-level results also vary: High’s eighth-grade math was 58%, 18 points above state, while its seventh-grade ELA was 33%, 11 points below. High’s 2023–2024 graduation rate was 97%, 7 points above the state’s 90%. Because the schools serve different grade spans, grade-matched results are more useful than all-grades comparisons for judging performance in a particular grade.

Recent trends are mixed: the schools’ average ELA gap with the state narrowed from 4 points below in 2024–2025 to 3 points below in 2025–2026, while math shifted from 1 point above to 2 below and science from 2 points below to 5 below. Elementary’s ELA rose 4 points, but its science fell 11; High’s science was nearly unchanged. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile for Elementary declined from 39 to 31 over three years, while High moved from 38 to 63 and then 40. As context, Elementary has an 11.0 student-teacher ratio and a 46% free/reduced-lunch rate; High’s ratio is 9.2 and its rate is 41%. Chronic absenteeism was 4% at Elementary and 13% at High, both below the state’s 18%.