Best Public Schools in Tribune, KS

Tribune has two public schools serving preschool through grade 12: Greeley County Elementary School (PK–5, 115 students) and Greeley County Junior/Senior High (grades 6–12, 131 students), both in Greeley County Schools. The clearest overall contrast is that elementary results improved substantially in 2025–26, while high-school results were mixed; the elementary school reported higher proficiency in all three subjects, making its improvement the area’s most important finding.

Greeley County Elementary stands out in the latest all-grades results, with 43% proficient in ELA, 33% in math and 54% in science, compared with 31%, 28% and 27% at the high school—a lead of 11, 5 and 27 percentage points, respectively. Elementary science was 16 points above the state rate, while its ELA and math were 3 and 8 points below; the high school was below state rates in all three subjects. Grade-level results add important detail: elementary grade 5 exceeded state results in ELA, math and science by 7, 9 and 8 points, while grade 4 math was 26 points below the state. At the high school, grade 10 math was 3 points above the state, but grade 8 ELA was 24 points below. The all-grades figures combine different grade spans, so same-grade comparisons are more informative when available.

Over time, elementary proficiency rose by 18 points in ELA, 11 in math and 21 in science from 2024–25 to 2025–26. The high school’s ELA rose 4 points, but math fell 4 and science fell 10, leaving it further behind the state in those two subjects. SchoolDigger’s latest ranking percentiles also improved: from 11 to 37 for the elementary school and from 10 to 38 for the high school. The high school has strengths beyond test scores: its graduation rate was 92%, 3 points above the state, and chronic absenteeism was 13%, compared with 18% statewide. Student–teacher ratios were 11.9 at the elementary school and 9.6 at the high school; free/reduced-lunch rates were nearly identical, about 49% at each. These figures are context, not explanations for achievement differences.