Summary:
Neosho Rapids, Kansas, has one listed school, Neosho Rapids Elementary, serving prekindergarten through grade 5 with 107 students; it is part of the Southern Lyon County district. Because it is the only school in the list, there is no local school-to-school ranking to compare. The most important finding is that its latest results were below Kansas averages in all three tested subjects: 37% proficient in English language arts (ELA) versus 46% statewide, 33% in mathematics versus 41%, and 33% in science versus 38%.
Within the school’s results, science is the closest to the state, while ELA and mathematics have the largest gaps. The school’s ELA result was 9 percentage points below the state, mathematics was 8 points below, and science was 5 points below; all three were also below district results. Grade-level results show that schoolwide averages do not tell the whole story: grade 5 ELA was 27%, compared with 51% statewide, a 24-point gap, and grade 4 mathematics was 25%, versus 44% statewide, a 19-point gap. Grade 3 mathematics was a relative bright spot at 40%, just 3 points below the state. These differences make grade-level results worth considering alongside the overall figures.
Recent results have weakened relative to the state, especially in science. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, schoolwide ELA fell 6 percentage points while the state rose 1; mathematics increased by 1 point at the school, compared with a 2-point state increase. Science fell 20 points at the school, while the state fell 3. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking also declined, from 49th in 2023–24 to 36th in 2024–25 and 22nd in 2025–26. Chronic absenteeism was 16% at the school, below the district’s 18% and the state’s 18%. Other context measures include a student–teacher ratio of 9.1, a free/reduced-lunch rate of 56%, and per-student spending of $12,547; these figures do not explain the achievement results.
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