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Best Public Schools in Longton, KS

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At a glance

Schools

1,966

Students

Top rankedElk Valley Elementary559^th of 657 Kansas elementary schools

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Elk Valley Elementary

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Summary:

Longton, Kansas, has three listed schools serving students from prekindergarten through grade 12: alternative K–12 Rocket Online Schools (ROCS), Elk Valley Elementary for PK–5, and Elk Valley High School for grades 6–12. The 2025–2026 results show markedly different strengths by subject: the elementary school led in ELA and science, while the high school led in math. The key takeaway is that no one school leads across all subjects, so the strongest fit depends on which subject matters most.

Elk Valley Elementary had the highest all-grades ELA proficiency at 37% and science at 43%, leading the next-highest school by 14 and 27 percentage points, respectively. Elk Valley High School led math at 24%, 9 points above the elementary school, but had the lowest ELA (12%) and science (10%). ROCS had the lowest all-grades math result, 5%. On average, the three schools were furthest behind the state in math: their average was 15%, compared with 41% statewide. In fifth grade, a direct grade-level comparison, the elementary school exceeded ROCS by 6 points in ELA, 1 point in math, and 22 points in science; both schools were below state results in all three subjects.

Recent results moved away from state gains in ELA and math among the two schools with year-to-year data: their average ELA fell 7 points and math fell 5, while state results rose 1 and 2 points, respectively. Elk Valley Elementary’s ELA improved by 7 points, but its math fell by 7; Elk Valley High School declined in all three subjects, including a 40-point drop in science. SchoolDigger’s historical rankings add context: High was at the 74th percentile in 2023–2024, despite its latest low ELA and science results, while Elementary’s percentile was 15 in 2025–2026. Reported student–teacher ratios were 13.3 at Elementary, 7.8 at High, and 349.2 at ROCS; lunch rates were 61% and 65% at the two Elk Valley schools. These measures describe different school contexts but do not explain test outcomes; all-grades results also compare schools serving different grade spans.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking ()				KAP English Language Arts (2026)								KAP Mathematics (2026)								KAP Science (2026)				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/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 ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	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
Elk Valley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	701 Delaware	Longton	67352	Elk County	Elk Valley	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 642-3021	67	5	13.3	61.2%	56 (83.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (13.4%)	19.8	559^th of 657 public elementary schools	14.9%					(n/a)			28.6					37.0			7.1					14.8	42.9			42.9	$21,806	$1,721	$20,084
Elk Valley High School	Public	6-12	701 Delaware	Longton	67352	Elk County	Elk Valley	No	No	No	No	(620) 642-2215	55	7	7.8	65.5%	45 (81.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (10.9%)								(n/a)								12.0								24.0				10.0	$21,616	$1,782	$19,834
Rocket Online Schools (ROCS)	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	701 Delaware	Longton	67352	Elk County	Elk Valley	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(888) 303-7077	1,844	5	349.2	—	1,381 (74.9%)	163 (8.8%)	187 (10.1%)	20 (1.1%)	37 (2.0%)	18 (1.0%)	38 (2.1%)								(n/a)	14.3	14.3	22.2	23.6	23.1	19.3	26.4	22.6	5.9	2.9	5.7	1.5	7.7	6.9	4.0	5.0	21.2	15.3	15.3	15.7

Cities Near Longton

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Howard	10.35 mi	2
Fredonia	15.25 mi	4	294^th
Neodesha	21.17 mi	3	265^th
Sedan	21.43 mi	2	198^th
Independence	22.98 mi	5	185^th

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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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