Best Public Schools in Lewis, KS

Lewis, Kansas, has one listed school, Lewis Elementary, serving prekindergarten through sixth grade, with 72 students. Its 2025–26 results were mixed: proficiency was above the Kansas average in English language arts (ELA) and science, but below it in mathematics. The clearest concern is math: proficiency was 26% across all grades, 15 points below Kansas, and 20% in fifth grade, 25 points below the state.

There are no other listed schools for a meaningful top-to-bottom comparison in Lewis. Within Lewis Elementary, science was the strongest result: 80% proficiency across all grades, 42 points above Kansas; fifth-grade science was also 80%, 34 points above the state. ELA was above the state average too, at 59% across all grades versus 46% in Kansas, a 13-point advantage. The contrast is pronounced: fifth-grade math was 20% versus 45% statewide, while fifth-grade ELA was 70% versus 51%.

Results moved in different directions over time: all-grade ELA rose 18 points, from 41% in 2024–25 to 59% in 2025–26, while math fell 12 points, from 38% to 26%. SchoolDigger lists Lewis Elementary at the 68th percentile, ranked 207 of 657 schools with 3 stars in 2025–26, compared with the 13th percentile, rank 568 of 653 and 1 star in 2023–24. Other context includes a 7.2 student–teacher ratio and a 69% free/reduced-lunch rate in 2024–25. Chronic absenteeism was 26%, 8 points above Kansas’s 18% rate. The list contains only one school, so these figures do not allow comparison with other Lewis-area schools.