Summary:
Goodland, Kansas, has four listed schools: two elementary schools and two high schools; the reported KAP results cover grades 3–12, with North Elementary serving grades 3–6 and Goodland Junior-Senior High School serving grades 7–12. West Elementary and Goodland Virtual School have no KAP proficiency results supplied, so score comparisons cover only the other two schools. The most important finding is that both reporting schools are below the state in all three subjects, with the largest combined shortfall in math: their average is 27% proficient, compared with 41% statewide, a 14-point gap.
North Elementary stands out in ELA and math, while Goodland Junior-Senior High School has a slight edge in science. In 2025–26, North’s results were 41% in ELA and 35% in math, compared with 32% and 20% at the high school—a lead of 9 and 15 points. The high school’s science result was 28%, just 1 point above North’s 27%; both were below the state’s 38%. Grade-level results reveal important exceptions: North’s third graders exceeded state results by 14 points in ELA and 10 in math, but its fifth graders were 23 points below in ELA and 28 below in math. SchoolDigger ranked North at the 29th statewide percentile and the high school at the 21st.
Results have improved overall relative to the state, but not consistently across subjects. The average school-state shortfall narrowed from 13 points in 2024–25 to 11 in 2025–26; ELA and science gaps shrank, while the math gap widened from 12 to 14 points. At the high school, ELA rose from 25% to 32% and science from 24% to 28%, while math slipped from 21% to 20%. North’s reported student-teacher ratio is 12.6, compared with 13.6 at the high school; its free/reduced-lunch rate is 59%, compared with 43% at the high school. These are contextual differences, not explanations for test results.
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