Best Public Schools in Gridley, KS

Summary:

The city of Gridley, Kansas has only one school, Southern Coffey County Elementary, which serves grades PK-5 and has an enrollment of 81 students. The school is part of the LeRoy-Gridley school district, which is ranked 231 out of 264 districts in Kansas and is rated 1 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger.

Southern Coffey County Elementary has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past few years, dropping from 568 out of 668 Kansas elementary schools in 2021-2022 to 605 out of 660 in 2022-2023, and further to 427 out of 656 in 2024-2025. The school's rating by SchoolDigger has also fluctuated, going from 1 star in 2021-2022 to 0 stars in 2022-2023, and then back to 2 stars in 2024-2025. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school had a chronic absenteeism rate of 19.5%, which is higher than the state average.

The academic performance of Southern Coffey County Elementary is mixed, with the school outperforming the district and state averages in English Language Arts (ELA) for all grades and 3rd grade, but underperforming in 5th grade ELA, as well as in Mathematics and Science for all grades and 5th grade. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school outperformed the district and state in ELA and Mathematics for all grades, as well as in 4th grade ELA and Mathematics. However, 61.73% of students at the school were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year, which is higher than the state average.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking ()				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 ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	KAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	KAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	KAP English Language Arts All Grades	KAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	KAP Mathematics 5th 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
Southern Coffey County Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	300 Third	Gridley	66852	Coffey County	LeRoy-Gridley	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 836-2151	84	9	8.9	58.3%	78 (92.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.4%)	38.6	427^th of 656 public elementary schools	34.9%					(n/a)	66.7	37.5	52.8	40.0	25.0	33.3	31.3	31.3	$27,144	$436	$26,707

Cities Near Gridley

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Burlington	10.12 mi	3	108^th
Le Roy	13.51 mi	2	336^th
Madison	14.01 mi	2	82^nd
Hartford	15.36 mi	1	300^th
Yates Center	16.58 mi	2	213^th

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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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