Summary:
Elkhart, Kansas, has five schools spanning elementary through high school, including an online academy and an alternative learning center: Elkhart Elementary, Elkhart Middle School, Elkhart High, Kansas Connections Academy, and Point Rock Alternative Learning Center. Point Rock has no supplied test scores, so its academic results cannot be compared. Across the other four schools, average All Grades proficiency is 38% in ELA, 27% in math, and 27% in science—below state results of 46%, 41%, and 38%, respectively, with the largest gap in math at 14 points. The most important overall finding is that reported proficiency is below state levels in all three subjects.
Elkhart Elementary leads All Grades ELA and math, at 44% and 36%; its math result is 16 points above the lowest school’s. Kansas Connections Academy leads science at 32%, but has the lowest math result, 20%. Elkhart High has the lowest reported All Grades ELA and science results, at 33% and 17%. Results also vary by grade: Elkhart Middle School stands out in seventh grade, with 52% ELA proficiency—8 points above the state—and 38% in math, just above the state’s 38%. Elkhart High also reported a 100% graduation rate, compared with 90% statewide.
Recent results move in different directions: Elkhart High’s ELA proficiency rose 14 points, while Elkhart Elementary’s math result increased 9 points. By contrast, Elkhart Middle School’s ELA and science results fell 12 points each, and Kansas Connections Academy’s science result fell 6 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking improved for High, from the 8th percentile in 2023–24 to the 21st in 2025–26; Elementary’s latest percentile was 28th, down from 42nd, and Middle’s was 26th, down from 33rd. Context also differs: reported student-teacher ratios range from 10.0 at Middle to 51.2 at Point Rock, while Elementary’s free/reduced-lunch rate is 77%. Point Rock’s 40% dropout rate contrasts sharply with its reported 0% chronic absenteeism.
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