Summary:
Offerle has one listed school, Kinsley-Offerle Elementary Pre-K–5, serving Pre-K through grade 5 and enrolling 128 students, so families have no second local school to compare. The latest results show a split: the school is above Kansas in ELA and math but below the state in science. Most importantly, its 2025–26 science proficiency was 29%, compared with 38% statewide, while ELA and math were above state results.
Because it is the only local school, Kinsley-Offerle Elementary is both the local leader and the local low performer; state comparisons offer a clearer picture. Math was its strongest all-grades subject, at 53% proficient versus 41% statewide, a 12-point advantage. ELA was 51% versus 46%, 5 points higher. Science was the weakest, at 29% versus 38%, 10 points lower. Grade results vary: fourth-grade math was 20 points above the state, but fifth-grade math was 9 points below; fifth-grade science was 17 points below. In ELA, fifth grade was 6 points above the state, while third grade was 5 points below.
Results fell from 2024–25 to 2025–26: school proficiency declined 3 points in ELA, 4 in math, and 21 in science, while state results rose in ELA and math and fell 3 points in science. The school’s science position also shifted from 9 points above the state to 10 points below. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking moved from 128th of 653 schools (80th percentile) in 2023–24 to 313th of 657 (52nd percentile) in 2025–26. Chronic absenteeism was 16%, below both the state’s 18% and the Kinsley-Offerle district’s 21%. The listed student–teacher ratio was 11.3 and the free/reduced-lunch rate was 53% in 2024–25; these are context, not explanations of achievement.
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