Summary:
Hartford, Kansas, has one listed school, Hartford Junior/Senior High School, serving grades 6–12 with 101 students in the Southern Lyon County district. With no other listed Hartford schools, families can compare the school’s results with Kansas figures, but not with another local school. The most important concern is English language arts: in 2025–26, the school’s result was 27%, compared with 46% statewide, an 18-point gap.
Within Hartford’s only listed school, math was closest to the state result, while ELA was farthest below it. Math proficiency was 37% versus 41% statewide, a 4-point shortfall; science was 29% versus 38%, a 9-point shortfall. SchoolDigger gives the school 1 star and ranks it 281st of 340 Kansas schools, in the 17th percentile. Grade-level results add important detail: math was above the state in grades 6 and 7—46% versus 41% and 53% versus 38%—but well below it in grade 10, at 14% versus 37%. ELA was below the state in all three grades: 38% versus 42% in grade 6, 35% versus 44% in grade 7, and 21% versus 41% in grade 10.
Results improved in math and science from 2024–25, while ELA slipped slightly. Math rose 10 points and science rose 15 points; science’s gap to Kansas narrowed by 18 points, while the math gap narrowed by 8. ELA fell 1 point as the state result rose 1 point, widening the gap by 2. Grade 11 science was a notable exception to the broader science shortfall: both Hartford and the state were at 30%. Chronic absenteeism is another area to watch: it was 33% at the school, compared with 18% in the district and 18% statewide. The school’s student-teacher ratio was 8.8 in 2024–25, and its free/reduced-lunch rate was 56% that year; these figures offer context, not an explanation for results.
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