Schools in Meade, KS

Meade, Kansas, has two listed schools: Meade Elementary, serving prekindergarten through grade 8, and Meade High, serving grades 9–12; together they enroll 330 students. The clearest academic strength is Meade High’s latest test performance: it was above Kansas in all three reported subjects.

Meade High stands out at the top in the latest results, with proficiency 6 points above the state in ELA, 16 points above in math, and 16 points above in science. Its matched-grade results were 12 points above state in grade 10 ELA, 21 points above in grade 10 math, and 24 points above in grade 11 science. Meade Elementary was near the state in all-grades ELA and math, but 4 points below in science; its grade results vary considerably. Grade 4 was 25 points above state in ELA and 39 points above in math, while grade 5 was 14 points below in ELA and 38 points below in math. In particular, grade 5 math proficiency was 7%, compared with 45% statewide.

Both schools’ all-grades ELA and math results rose from 2024–25 to 2025–26: elementary gained 3 points in ELA and 2 in math, while high school gained 4 and 16 points, respectively. SchoolDigger rankings also improved: the high school rose from the 77th to the 92nd percentile and is ranked 27th of 340 with five stars; the elementary school rose from the 32nd to the 48th percentile and is ranked 340th of 657 with two stars. The high school has 87 students and a 9.1 student-teacher ratio, compared with 243 students and 10.3 at the elementary school; free/reduced-lunch rates are 48% and 52%, respectively. Attendance and graduation add context: chronic absenteeism was 15% at the high school and 8% at the elementary school, while the reported high-school graduation rate was 79%, versus 90% statewide. The schools serve different grades, so their overall rates are useful as broad descriptions rather than direct comparisons.