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Best Public Schools in Fort Scott, KS

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At a glance

Schools

1,622

Students

Top rankedFort Scott Middle School143^rd of 368 Kansas middle schools

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Biggest riser

Eugene Ware Elementary up 23 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Winfield Scott Elementary 10.2 students per teacher

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Summary:

Fort Scott, Kansas, has four public schools serving kindergarten through grade 12: Winfield Scott Elementary (K–2), Eugene Ware Elementary (grades 3–5), Fort Scott Middle School (grades 6–8), and Fort Scott Senior High (grades 9–12). The clearest concern is the high school: its 2025–26 proficiency was 24% in ELA, 25% in math, and 24% in science, compared with Kansas results of 46%, 41%, and 38%; it trailed the state by 22, 16, and 14 points, respectively, and its chronic absenteeism was 35%, 17 points above the state rate.

The two other schools with reported results are much closer to, or above, Kansas overall. Eugene Ware leads in ELA at 49% and science at 42%, while Fort Scott Middle leads in math at 45%; their leads over the next-highest school are 6 points in ELA, 1 point in science, and 5 points in math. The high school is lowest in every subject: it is 19 points below the middle school in ELA, 15 below Eugene Ware in math, and 17 below the middle school in science. Grade-level results add detail: eighth-grade middle-school math is 20 points above Kansas, while Eugene Ware’s fifth-grade math is 8 points below the state. These All Grades summaries span different grade bands, and Winfield Scott has no test scores supplied, so they do not provide a complete, like-for-like ranking.

Recent changes reinforce the contrast: the high school fell 14 points in ELA and 9 in math from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while Eugene Ware gained 4 points in math and 11 in science, and the middle school gained 7 in science but lost 4 in math. SchoolDigger places the middle school at the 61st percentile, Eugene Ware at the 43rd, and the high school at the 19th; its recent rankings show the middle school improving from the 41st percentile in 2023–24, Eugene Ware broadly steady, and the high school fluctuating. The high school also has the largest student–teacher ratio, 13.9, compared with 10.3 at the middle school and 11.6 at Eugene Ware. Its free/reduced-lunch rate is 47%, below the middle school’s 58% and Eugene Ware’s 58%; these are contextual differences, not explanations for achievement.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				KAP English Language Arts (2026)								KAP Mathematics (2026)								KAP Science (2026)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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 7th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 10th 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 7th Grade	KAP Mathematics 8th Grade	KAP Mathematics 10th Grade	KAP Mathematics All Grades	KAP Science 5th Grade	KAP Science 8th Grade	KAP Science 11th Grade	KAP Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Eugene Ware Elementary	Public	3-5	900 E Third	Fort Scott	66701	Bourbon County	Fort Scott	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 223-3380	361	31	11.6	57.9%	299 (82.8%)	17 (4.7%)	22 (6.1%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (5.0%)	45	375^th of 657 public elementary schools	42.9%		41.5	398^th of 656 public elementary schools	39.3%	23	55.0	47.3	45.8					49.1	43.0	41.8	36.7					40.3	41.7			41.7	$11,801	$1,650	$10,151
Winfield Scott Elementary	Public	K-2	316 W Tenth St.	Fort Scott	66701	Bourbon County	Fort Scott	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 223-0450	311	30	10.2	70.4%	250 (80.4%)	9 (2.9%)	12 (3.9%)	5 (1.6%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (10.3%)								(n/a)																					$12,853	$1,505	$11,349
Fort Scott Middle School	Public	6-8	1105 E 12th St	Fort Scott	66701	Bourbon County	Fort Scott	No	No	No	No	(620) 223-3262	372	36	10.3	58.3%	313 (84.1%)	12 (3.2%)	22 (5.9%)	7 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (4.6%)	55	143^rd of 368 public middle schools	61.1%		60	123^rd of 363 public middle schools	66.1%	20				36.5	40.6	52.2		43.0				36.5	40.6	59.8		45.3		40.5		40.5	$12,827	$559	$12,268
Fort Scott Senior High	Public	9-12	1005 S Main	Fort Scott	66701	Bourbon County	Fort Scott	No	No	No	No	(620) 223-0600	578	41	13.9	47.2%	507 (87.7%)	16 (2.8%)	21 (3.6%)	7 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (4.2%)	25.3	277^th of 340 public high schools	18.5%		49.6	160^th of 332 public high schools	51.8%	117							23.6	23.6							25.2	25.2			24.0	24.0	$12,365	$378	$11,987
Tiger Academy	Public	1-6	401 Woodland Hills Blvd	Fort Scott	66701	Bourbon County	Fort Scott	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(620) 249-4447	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Cities Near Fort Scott

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Uniontown	14.87 mi	2	153^rd
Arma	19.23 mi	3	330^th
Mound City	22.6 mi	2	263^rd
Girard	22.65 mi	3	123^rd
Pleasanton	24.25 mi	3	331^st

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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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