Best Public Schools in Silver Lake, KS

Summary:

The city of Silver Lake, Kansas is home to two standout schools - Silver Lake Elementary and Silver Lake Junior-Senior High. Both schools have consistently ranked among the top in the state, with Silver Lake Elementary earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger and ranking in the top 45 elementary schools in Kansas for the 2024-2025 school year.

Silver Lake Elementary boasts impressive academic performance, with 66.84% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 71.11% proficient or better in Mathematics - significantly higher than the state averages of 44.47% and 38.73%, respectively. Silver Lake Junior-Senior High also excels, ranking in the top 39 high schools in Kansas and maintaining a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school has a strong graduation rate of 89.5% and a low dropout rate of 1.3%.

Both schools in the Silver Lake school district have relatively low percentages of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 20% and 20.23%, respectively, for the 2023-2024 school year. The student-teacher ratios are also relatively low, with Silver Lake Elementary at 12.5 and Silver Lake Junior-Senior High at 11.2 for the 2023-2024 school year. However, the district may want to address the high chronic absenteeism rates of 19.5% reported for the 2024-2025 school year at both schools.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				KAP English Language Arts (2025)								KAP Mathematics (2025)								KAP Science (2025)			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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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 All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Silver Lake Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	200 Rice Rd	Silver Lake	66539	Shawnee County	Silver Lake	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 582-4081	355	29	12.3	23.9%	334 (94.1%)	5 (1.4%)	9 (2.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	88.7	45^th of 656 public elementary schools	93.1%		93.2	19^th of 653 public elementary schools	97.1%	26	70.6	61.1	78.4	53.5				66.8	72.5	71.4	76.5	62.8				71.1	84.3		84.3	$14,463	$3,200	$11,263
Silver Lake Junior-Senior High	Public	7-12	200 E. Lake	Silver Lake	66539	Shawnee County	Silver Lake	No	No	No	No	(785) 582-4639	355	33	10.7	20.8%	321 (90.4%)	3 (0.8%)	23 (6.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	84.7	39^th of 332 public high schools	88.3%		63	93^rd of 318 public high schools	70.8%	54					61.3	63.6	58.0	61.1					61.3	69.1	47.1	59.5		60.0	58.9	$15,444	$2,896	$12,548

Cities Near Silver Lake

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Rossville	4.45 mi	2	127^th
Topeka	7.63 mi	43	268^th
Saint Marys	10.75 mi	2	146^th
Hoyt	11.08 mi	2	250^th
Mayetta	15.54 mi	1	159^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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.