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Best Public Schools in Ellsworth County, KS

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Schools

1,702

Students

Districts

Top rankedCentral Plains Elementary School - Holyrood77^th of 656 Kansas elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Central Plains Elementary School - Holyrood up 13 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Central Plains Elementary School - Holyrood 11.8 students per teacher

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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
Wilson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3009 Ave. D	Wilson	67490	Ellsworth County	Central Plains	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 658-3555	74	12	6.4	58.1%	64 (86.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (9.5%)	36.4	443^rd of 656 public elementary schools	32.5%		34.9	450^th of 653 public elementary schools	31.1%	7	23.1			54.5				52.4	30.8			36.4				35.7				$24,076	$2,640	$21,435
Central Plains Elementary School - Holyrood	Public	PK, KG-6	600 S. Main St.	Holyrood	67450	Ellsworth County	Central Plains	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 252-3666	229	19	11.8	32.8%	211 (92.1%)	2 (0.9%)	7 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.6%)	84.8	77^th of 656 public elementary schools	88.3%		82	90^th of 653 public elementary schools	86.2%	13	73.1	54.5	69.6	71.4				66.4	53.8	60.6	86.9	57.1				63.6	73.9		73.9	$11,593	$1,328	$10,266
Central Plains Adult Diploma Program	Public, Virtual	9-12	400 Main	Claflin	67525	Ellsworth County	Central Plains	No	No	Yes	No	(620) 588-4200	770				421 (54.7%)	159 (20.6%)	165 (21.4%)	8 (1.0%)	9 (1.2%)	3 (0.4%)	5 (0.6%)								(n/a)																				$2,844	$00	$2,844
Ellsworth Elementary	Public	PK, KG-3	110 E 3rd	Ellsworth	67439	Ellsworth County	Ellsworth	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 472-5554	188	16	12.0	44.7%	171 (91.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.3%)								(n/a)	63.3							63.3	63.3							63.3				$12,754	$1,959	$10,795
Ellsworth High	Public	7-12	211 W 11th	Ellsworth	67439	Ellsworth County	Ellsworth	No	No	No	No	(785) 472-4471	300	25	11.8	34.3%	268 (89.3%)	1 (0.3%)	23 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.7%)	62.8	110^th of 332 public high schools	66.9%		58.7	111^th of 318 public high schools	65.1%	1					48.9	24.5	32.6	34.9					53.2	34.0	56.5	47.3		32.1	32.1	$14,996	$966	$14,030
Kanopolis Middle	Public	4-6	210 Iowa	Kanopolis	67454	Ellsworth County	Ellsworth	No	No	No	No	(785) 472-4477	141	11	12.9	43.3%	124 (87.9%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.0%)								(n/a)		40.5	44.2	50.0				45.3		45.2	48.8	66.7				54.7	51.2		51.2	$11,975	$1,235	$10,740

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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.

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