Best Public Schools in Hoyt, KS

Summary:

The city of Hoyt, Kansas is home to two schools: Royal Valley Elementary and Royal Valley High, both part of the Royal Valley school district. While the elementary school has maintained consistent performance on state assessments, the high school has seen a significant improvement in its statewide ranking, moving from #63 in 2022-2023 to #55 in 2023-2024 and earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Royal Valley High School stands out with its impressive 89.5% four-year graduation rate and 1.3% dropout rate. However, both schools face challenges with high chronic absenteeism rates of 19.5% for the 2024-2025 school year. The elementary school has a significantly higher percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (55.35%) compared to the high school (35.81%), which may be a contributing factor to the differences in academic performance and attendance rates between the two schools.

Interestingly, Royal Valley High spends more per student ($13,445) than Royal Valley Elementary ($10,974), and the high school has a lower student-teacher ratio (10.4) compared to the elementary school (14.1). These resource allocation differences may play a role in the schools' varying performance and outcomes. Overall, the data suggests that the district may benefit from a closer examination of the factors contributing to the performance differences between the elementary and high school, as well as strategies to address the high chronic absenteeism rates across both schools.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				KAP English Language Arts (2025)				KAP Mathematics (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 (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	KAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 10th Grade	KAP English Language Arts All Grades	KAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	KAP Mathematics 4th Grade	KAP Mathematics 10th Grade	KAP Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Royal Valley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	1st and Highland	Hoyt	66440	Jackson County	Royal Valley	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 986-6286	369	29	12.6	54.5%	174 (47.2%)	7 (1.9%)	36 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	108 (29.3%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (11.9%)	34.8	455^th of 656 public elementary schools	30.6%		40.1	415^th of 653 public elementary schools	36.4%	40	43.5	41.9		42.7	35.5	33.9		34.7	$12,564	$1,146	$11,419
Royal Valley High	Public	9-12	101 E 1st	Hoyt	66440	Jackson County	Royal Valley	No	No	No	No	(785) 986-6251	223	24	9.3	38.1%	132 (59.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (20.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (9.4%)	42.5	190^th of 332 public high schools	42.8%		74.6	55^th of 318 public high schools	82.7%	135			38.5	38.5			26.9	26.9	$17,419	$1,033	$16,386

Cities Near Hoyt

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Topeka	5.89 mi	43	268^th
Mayetta	6.18 mi	1	159^th
Meriden	8.45 mi	3	86^th
Silver Lake	12.75 mi	2	12^th
Valley Falls	14.64 mi	2	292^nd

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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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