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Best Public Schools in Franklin County, KS

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Schools

4,187

Students

Districts

Top rankedGarfield Elementary176^th of 657 Kansas elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Garfield Elementary up 136 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Williamsburg Elementary School 9.2 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				KAP English Language Arts (2026)								KAP Mathematics (2026)								KAP Science (2026)				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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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 11th Grade	KAP Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Central Heights High	Public	6-12	3521 Ellis Road	Richmond	66080	Franklin County	Central Heights	No	No	No	No	(785) 869-3455	300	26	11.4	52.7%	270 (90.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.3%)	31.4	254^th of 340 public high schools	25.3%		39.1	211^th of 332 public high schools	36.4%	43				36.6	58.1	41.3	34.0	40.9				22.0	35.5	28.3	24.5	26.9		32.6	22.9	28.4	$15,747	$1,132	$14,615
Central Heights Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3521 Ellis Road	Richmond	66080	Franklin County	Central Heights	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 869-3355	239	20	11.8	52.7%	214 (89.5%)	2 (0.8%)	11 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.0%)	62.1	230^th of 657 public elementary schools	65.0%		68.7	177^th of 656 public elementary schools	73.0%	53	48.6	51.2	68.3					56.3	25.7	44.2	73.2					48.7	73.2			73.2	$16,007	$1,150	$14,856
Garfield Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1213 College	Ottawa	66067	Franklin County	Ottawa	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 229-8060	368	32	11.5	68.5%	313 (85.1%)	5 (1.4%)	27 (7.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (5.2%)	70.1	176^th of 657 public elementary schools	73.2%		53	312^th of 656 public elementary schools	52.4%	136	56.4	64.1	71.8					63.3	32.7	62.3	66.7					52.4	51.3			51.3	$14,876	$2,287	$12,589
Lincoln Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1102 Milner	Ottawa	66067	Franklin County	Ottawa	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 229-8080	298	30	10.0	77.9%	260 (87.2%)	6 (2.0%)	14 (4.7%)	2 (0.7%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.4%)	53.2	310^th of 657 public elementary schools	52.8%		47.3	352^nd of 656 public elementary schools	46.3%	42	48.9	50.0	56.5					51.9	53.3	43.2	42.5					46.3	44.7			44.7	$14,013	$2,203	$11,810
Ottawa Middle School	Public	6-8	1230 South Ash	Ottawa	66067	Franklin County	Ottawa	No	No	No	No	(785) 229-8030	456	37	12.3	58.3%	392 (86.0%)	6 (1.3%)	25 (5.5%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (5.9%)	53.7	153^rd of 368 public middle schools	58.4%		38.3	225^th of 363 public middle schools	38.0%	72				37.5	41.3	54.7		44.8				38.2	31.5	47.1		39.2		48.7		48.7	$12,512	$1,450	$11,061
Ottawa Senior High	Public	6-12	1120 South Ash	Ottawa	66067	Franklin County	Ottawa	No	No	No	No	(785) 229-8020	681	55	12.3	50.2%	568 (83.4%)	17 (2.5%)	54 (7.9%)	6 (0.9%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (4.4%)	37.6	235^th of 340 public high schools	30.9%		29.9	245^th of 332 public high schools	26.2%	10							34.5	34.5							36.8	36.8			18.9	18.9	$14,205	$1,463	$12,742
Sunflower Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1325 Falcon Way	Ottawa	66067	Franklin County	Ottawa	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 229-8050	333	29	11.3	55.0%	282 (84.7%)	2 (0.6%)	26 (7.8%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (5.7%)	50.6	330^th of 657 public elementary schools	49.8%		60.4	256^th of 656 public elementary schools	61.0%	74	61.1	42.9	50.0					51.2	53.7	37.5	42.6					44.5	42.6			42.6	$15,430	$2,172	$13,259
Ottawa Virtual School	Public, Virtual	6-12	720 Tremont	Ottawa	66067	Franklin County	Ottawa	No	No	Yes	No	(785) 229-8090	14	2	8.3	—	12 (85.7%)	1 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (7.1%)								(n/a)																			0.0	0.0	$3,651	$00	$3,651
West Franklin High School	Public	9-12	511 East Franklin	Pomona	66076	Franklin County	West Franklin	No	No	No	No	(785) 566-3392	200	19	10.3	51.5%	181 (90.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.5%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.5%)	27.1	268^th of 340 public high schools	21.2%		22	269^th of 332 public high schools	19.0%	1							25.6	25.6							25.6	25.6			24.2	24.2	$17,694	$3,545	$14,149
Appanoose Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	600 Shawnee Road	Pomona	66076	Franklin County	West Franklin	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 566-3386	191	18	10.6	45.0%	171 (89.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.7%)	50	336^th of 657 public elementary schools	48.9%		59.4	262^nd of 656 public elementary schools	60.1%	74	65.2	56.2	45.2					54.6	47.8	40.6	22.6					36.0	45.2			45.2	$14,993	$3,844	$11,149
West Franklin Middle School	Public	6-8	331 Tyler St	Pomona	66076	Franklin County	West Franklin	No	No	No	No	(785) 566-3451	149	14	10.9	54.4%	132 (88.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.4%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	6 (4.0%)	36	247^th of 368 public middle schools	32.9%		30.7	274^th of 363 public middle schools	24.5%	27				29.5	27.8	39.0		31.7				27.3	18.5	43.9		28.8		51.2		51.2	$14,853	$3,733	$11,120
Williamsburg Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	140 North Louisa	Williamsburg	66095	Franklin County	West Franklin	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 746-5777	102	11	9.2	62.7%	87 (85.3%)	1 (1.0%)	7 (6.9%)	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.9%)	39.1	422^nd of 657 public elementary schools	35.8%		48.5	345^th of 656 public elementary schools	47.4%	77	47.1	69.2	40.0					51.1	29.4	38.5	6.7					24.4	46.7			46.7	$18,078	$5,652	$12,426
Wellsville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	218 Ash Street	Wellsville	66092	Franklin County	Wellsville	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 883-2996	411	25	16.4	34.5%	360 (87.6%)	3 (0.7%)	23 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.4%)	62.1	229^th of 657 public elementary schools	65.1%		60.2	257^th of 656 public elementary schools	60.8%	28	57.6	56.5	55.0					56.4	42.4	47.8	55.0					48.5	54.2			54.2	$11,938	$16	$11,922
Wellsville High	Public	9-12	602 Walnut	Wellsville	66092	Franklin County	Wellsville	No	No	No	No	(785) 883-2057	278	16	16.9	29.5%	255 (91.7%)	4 (1.4%)	14 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)	43.6	209^th of 340 public high schools	38.5%		13.2	301^st of 332 public high schools	9.3%	92							34.7	34.7							25.4	25.4			35.1	35.1	$14,068	$19	$14,049
Wellsville Middle School	Public	6-8	602 Walnut Street	Wellsville	66092	Franklin County	Wellsville	No	No	No	No	(785) 883-4350	167	15	11.3	34.1%	155 (92.8%)	2 (1.2%)	5 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.4%)	54	149^th of 368 public middle schools	59.5%		51.7	162^nd of 363 public middle schools	55.4%	13				47.4	42.6	41.0		43.6				56.9	30.6	36.1		40.9		46.7		46.7	$15,672	$21	$15,652

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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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