Summary:
The three public schools in Sublette, Kansas, serve 366 students from prekindergarten through grade 12: Sublette Elementary serves PK–6, Sublette Middle serves grades 7–8, and Sublette High serves grades 9–12. The most important concern is Sublette Middle, where grade 8 results were especially far below state results: 16% in ELA versus 42%, 15% in math versus 40%, and 5% in science versus 39%—gaps of 27, 25, and 34 percentage points.
Sublette Elementary stands out in ELA, with 53% proficiency, 7 points above the state and 23 points above Sublette High, the next-highest school. Sublette High leads in math at 40%—about 1 point above Elementary—and science at 42%, 4 points above Elementary and the state. Sublette Middle has the lowest all-grades result in every subject: it trails the next-lowest school by 2 points in ELA, 14 in math, and 33 in science. All-grades results compare schools serving different grade spans, so these rankings are broad comparisons rather than like-for-like grade comparisons.
Recent results show a sharp drop in the schools’ average ELA score: it fell 9 points, from 45% to 37%, while the state result rose 1 point. The average math score was nearly flat at about 35%, while the state rose 2 points. SchoolDigger ranks Sublette High at the 56th percentile, up from the 12th percentile in 2023–24; Sublette Elementary moved from the 43rd to 46th percentile, while Sublette Middle fell from the 40th to 11th. Staffing ratios range from 6.9 students per teacher at Middle to 11.7 at High, but those figures do not mirror test results: Middle has the lowest ratio and lowest scores. Middle’s chronic absenteeism was also notably high at 31%, compared with 18% statewide; these figures are context, not an explanation for score differences.
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