Summary:
Kismet has two listed schools: Kismet Elementary, serving prekindergarten through grade 2, and Southwestern Heights Junior/Senior High, serving grades 6–12. The supplied KAP results cover only Southwestern Heights, so they do not allow a test-score comparison between the schools. Southwestern Heights’ 2025–26 all-grade proficiency was below Kansas in every subject: 30% in ELA versus 46% statewide, 25% in math versus 41%, and 28% in science versus 38—gaps of 16, 16, and 10 percentage points, respectively. The main academic finding is that the high school trails the state overall in all three tested subjects.
Southwestern Heights has a notable bright spot in eighth grade: results were higher than the state in ELA (43% versus 42%), math (43% versus 40%), and science (40% versus 39%). That strength contrasts with weaker results in several other grades, including seventh-grade ELA (22% versus 44%), sixth-grade math (18% versus 41%), and 11th-grade science (12% versus 30%). On a non-test measure, Kismet Elementary had higher chronic absenteeism than Southwestern Heights in 2025–26: 17% versus 13%; both were below the state’s 18%.
Southwestern Heights’ scores improved in each subject from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA rose by 1 percentage point, math by 6, and science by 2. Math and science moved closer to the state, while the ELA gap edged wider; all three results remained below state levels. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking also fluctuated, rising from 7 in 2023–24 to 17 in 2024–25, then falling to 10 in 2025–26. The schools’ student–teacher ratios are similar—10.9 at Southwestern Heights and 11.2 at Kismet Elementary—while enrollment is 310 versus 152 and free/reduced-lunch rates are 74% versus 80%; these figures provide context, not a basis for comparing academic results.
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