Best Public Schools in Mayetta, KS

Mayetta, Kansas, has one listed school: Royal Valley Middle School, serving grades 5–8 and enrolling 270 students. Its 2025–2026 all-grades results were mixed compared with Kansas: science proficiency was 42% versus 38% statewide, math was about level at 41% versus 41%, and English Language Arts (ELA) was 38% versus 46%. The most important finding for families is that ELA is the school’s clearest overall shortfall, 8 percentage points below the state.

There is no second listed Mayetta school to compare, so Royal Valley Middle School is both the only local option and the only school whose results can be described. Science stands out as its strongest all-grades subject, 4 points above Kansas, while ELA is weakest relative to the state; math is just below the state level. Results also differ by grade. The school is above state levels in grade 8 ELA by 10 points and in grade 7 math by 16 points, but grade 5 ELA is 20 points below and grade 5 math is 16 points below. In science, grade 5 is 10 points below the state, while grade 8 is 9 points above.

Across the two years of test results provided, science improved most: proficiency rose 12 points, and the gap with Kansas improved by 15 points, from 11 points below to 4 above. ELA fell 1 point, with its state gap widening by 3 points; math rose 1 point, but its relative position moved 1 point away from Kansas. SchoolDigger’s statewide rank also dipped and partly recovered: 88th of 362 schools in 2023–2024, 163rd of 363 in 2024–2025, and 134th of 368 in 2025–2026. Other context includes a 11.9 student-teacher ratio, a 54% free/reduced-lunch rate, and chronic absenteeism of 10%, compared with 18% statewide; these figures describe the school, not why its results differ.