Best Public Schools in Little River, KS

Little River, Kansas, has two listed schools: Little River Junior High, serving grades 7–8 with 33 students, and Little River High, serving grades 9–12 with 89 students. In 2025–26, the schools’ equal-weight average proficiency was 71% in ELA, 70% in math and 56% in science, versus state rates of 46%, 41% and 38%; math had the largest advantage, at 29 percentage points. Most importantly, both schools were above the state in all three subjects.

The schools have different subject strengths: Little River High led in ELA and math, while Little River Junior High led in science. High scored 77% in ELA and 81% in math, compared with Junior High’s 64% and 60%—advantages of 13 and 21 points. Junior High scored 65% in science, 17 points above High’s 48%. High’s science result was its smallest advantage over the state, at 9 points; Junior High’s biggest state advantage was in science, at 27 points. Because the schools serve different grades and have small enrollments, their school-to-school results are descriptive rather than grade-matched comparisons.

Little River High’s ELA and math results rose sharply from 2024–25: ELA gained 18 points to 77%, and math gained 26 points to 81%. Junior High’s results were more mixed: ELA dipped slightly to 64%, math rose 7 points to 60%, and science fell 2 points to 65%. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for High improved from 48th of 318 schools in 2023–24 to 8th of 340 in 2025–26, while Junior High moved from 4th of 362 to 23rd of 368 and remained highly ranked. Both schools had similar student-teacher ratios—8.9 at High and 8.6 at Junior High—and chronic absenteeism of about 7%, well below the state’s 18% but above the Little River district rate of 6%.