Best Public Schools in Denton, KS

Summary:

The city of Denton, Kansas has only one school, Doniphan West Elementary School, which serves students from kindergarten through 5th grade. The school is part of the Doniphan West Schools district.

Doniphan West Elementary School has seen a decline in its performance ranking over the past few years, going from 231st out of 660 Kansas elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 247th out of 653 schools in 2023-2024, and now ranking 274th out of 656 schools for the 2024-2025 school year. The school has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. While the school's overall ELA and Mathematics proficiency rates for all grades are higher than the district and state averages, there are some areas of concern, such as lower 3rd-grade and 4th-grade ELA proficiency rates compared to the state. The school's 5th-grade ELA, Science, and Mathematics proficiency rates are particularly strong, outperforming the district and state.

Other key metrics for Doniphan West Elementary School include a concerning chronic absenteeism rate of 19.5% and a relatively high percentage of students (43.78%) eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a significant level of economic disadvantage among the student population. The school's spending per student was $10,723 in the 2018-2019 school year, and it had a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11.7 to 1 in the 2023-2024 school year.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				KAP English Language Arts (2025)					KAP Mathematics (2025)					KAP Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	KAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	KAP English Language Arts All Grades	KAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	KAP Mathematics 4th Grade	KAP Mathematics 5th Grade	KAP Mathematics 6th Grade	KAP Mathematics All Grades	KAP Science 5th Grade	KAP Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Doniphan West Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	642 Hwy 20 East	Denton	66017	Doniphan County	Doniphan West Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 359-6526	211	19	11.1	46.4%	185 (87.7%)	1 (0.5%)	8 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.7%)	57.5	274^th of 656 public elementary schools	58.2%		59.3	247^th of 653 public elementary schools	62.2%	27	60.0	37.9	66.7	36.4	49.6	33.3	37.0	63.0	45.5	44.4	66.7	66.7	$11,845	$1,593	$10,251

Cities Near Denton

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Highland	8.81 mi	2	319^th
Everest	9.34 mi	1	304^th
Troy	9.92 mi	2	247^th
Atchison	13.09 mi	4	311^th
Horton	14.22 mi	2	303^rd

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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.

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