Best Public Schools in Hoisington, KS

Hoisington, Kansas, has four schools: two elementary schools, one middle school and one high school, with enrollment ranging from 155 to 225 students. The supplied data show very different attendance and academic results across the area: chronic absenteeism ranges from 9% to 32%, and the three schools with test scores range widely in proficiency. The clearest overall finding is that Lincoln Elementary leads the reported academic results, while Hoisington High trails.

Lincoln Elementary is the strongest academic performer: its all-grades proficiency was 63% in ELA, 69% in math and 74% in science, and SchoolDigger ranked it 70th of 657 Kansas elementary schools, at the 89th percentile. Hoisington Middle was in between, with 41% in ELA, 37% in math and 45% in science; its SchoolDigger ranking was 184th of 368, at the 50th percentile. Hoisington High had the lowest results in all three subjects—29% in ELA, 11% in math and 18% in science—and ranked 298th of 340, at the 12th percentile. Lincoln led the middle school by 22 points in ELA, 32 in math and 29 in science. Roosevelt Elementary had 15% chronic absenteeism, below the 18% state rate, but no test scores are supplied for it.

Recent trends were mostly positive at Lincoln and the middle school, but not at the high school. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, ELA proficiency rose 4 points at Lincoln and 7 at the middle school, while falling 1 point at the high school; in math, Lincoln rose 15 points and the middle school 7, while the high school fell 8. Science increased 12 points at Lincoln and 23 at the middle school. SchoolDigger percentiles also rose from 60 to 89 for Lincoln and 32 to 50 for the middle school, while the high school fell from 20 to 12. Other measures offer context: the high school’s chronic absenteeism was 32%, compared with 9% at Lincoln; their free/reduced-lunch rates were 47% and 59%, respectively, and their student–teacher ratios were 11 and 11. Despite its low proficiency, the high school reported a 93% graduation rate, above the state’s 90%. These figures describe differences between schools, not causes; Roosevelt has no supplied test results, and schools serve different grade spans.