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Best Public Schools in Johnson, KS

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At a glance

Schools

420

Students

Top rankedStanton County Elementary368^th of 657 Kansas elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Stanton County Elementary up 17 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Johnson, Kansas, has two public schools in the Stanton County district, serving students from prekindergarten through grade 12: Stanton County Elementary serves PK–6, and Stanton County Junior/Senior High School serves grades 7–12. Together, they enroll 420 students. The most important finding is that the elementary school’s results are stronger overall, while the junior/senior high is below state results in all three subjects.

Stanton County Elementary stands out in science and math: its 2025–2026 results were 71% in science and 44% in math, compared with 38% and 41% statewide. Its ELA result was 37%, below the state’s 46%. The junior/senior high was below the state in ELA, math, and science, with results of 18%, 14%, and 23%, respectively, versus state results of 46%, 41%, and 38%. The largest school-to-school gap was in science, at 48 percentage points. Grade-level results show that elementary science strength was especially evident in fifth grade, at 71% versus 46% statewide; its math was above state results in grades 3 and 5 but below in grades 4 and 6. The high school’s reported grade-level results were below state results in every listed subject and grade.

Recent results point to different trajectories. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, elementary science rose 25 percentage points and math rose 6, while ELA fell 4; at the junior/senior high, science rose 6, while ELA fell 8 and math fell 1. SchoolDigger’s percentile rank rose for the elementary school, from 32 to 44 over three years, but fell for the junior/senior high, from 41 to 6. The elementary school has a lower student–teacher ratio (14.7 versus 20.2) and a higher free/reduced-lunch rate (67% versus 58%); these are context, not explanations for the results. Chronic absenteeism was 10% at elementary and 19% at the junior/senior high, compared with 18% statewide; the high school’s graduation rate was 100%, versus 90% statewide. Because the schools serve different grade spans, their overall results are not direct like-grade comparisons.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				KAP English Language Arts (2026)								KAP Mathematics (2026)								KAP Science (2026)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	KAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 10th Grade	KAP English Language Arts All Grades	KAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	KAP Mathematics 4th Grade	KAP Mathematics 5th Grade	KAP Mathematics 6th Grade	KAP Mathematics 7th Grade	KAP Mathematics 8th Grade	KAP Mathematics 10th Grade	KAP Mathematics All Grades	KAP Science 5th Grade	KAP Science 8th Grade	KAP Science 11th Grade	KAP Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Stanton County Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	200 North Long Street	Johnson	67855	Stanton County	Stanton County	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 492-6216	238	16	14.7	66.8%	80 (33.6%)	3 (1.3%)	149 (62.6%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	46.1	368^th of 657 public elementary schools	44.0%		42.8	385^th of 656 public elementary schools	41.3%	17	53.8	37.5	43.3	13.8				36.8	51.8	40.0	50.0	36.7				44.1	71.0			71.0	$15,669	$1,450	$14,219
Stanton County Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	200 W Weaver Street	Johnson	67855	Stanton County	Stanton County	No	No	No	No	(620) 492-6284	182	9	20.2	58.2%	60 (33.0%)	1 (0.5%)	116 (63.7%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	9	320^th of 340 public high schools	5.9%		37.9	219^th of 332 public high schools	34.0%	101					26.1	18.2	8.7	17.7					20.8	9.1	12.5	13.6		30.3	16.1	23.4	$16,194	$1,590	$14,604

Cities Near Johnson

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Ulysses	18.94 mi	5	329^th
Syracuse	28.56 mi	2	255^th
Rolla	31.56 mi	2
Moscow	32.92 mi	2	247^th
Hugoton	34.07 mi	4	203^rd

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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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