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Best Public Schools in Ness County, KS

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Schools

404

Students

Districts

Top rankedNess City Elementary268^th of 656 Kansas elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Ness City Elementary up 39 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Ness City High 7.8 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Western Plains High

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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
Western Plains North Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	100 School St.	Ransom	67572	Ness County	Western Plains	No	No	No	No	(785) 731-2352	62	6	11.0	69.4%	55 (88.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.2%)	3 (4.8%)								(n/a)								46.3								43.9			60.0	$22,951	$952	$22,000
Western Plains High	Public	9-12	100 School St.	Ransom	67572	Ness County	Western Plains	No	No	No	No	(785) 731-2352	34	4	8.0	52.9%	20 (58.8%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (35.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33.2	233^rd of 332 public high schools	29.8%					(n/a)							18.2	18.2							38.5	38.5				$23,056	$956	$22,100
Western Plains South Elementary/Junior High	Public	PK, KG-8	310 W. Burgess	Bazine	67516	Ness County	Western Plains	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 398-2535	31	7	4.3	77.4%	10 (32.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (67.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)								43.8								25.0				$22,481	$932	$21,549
Ness City Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	500 E Chestnut	Ness City	67560	Ness County	Ness City	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 798-2222	155	12	13.3	40.6%	130 (83.9%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (15.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	58.6	268^th of 656 public elementary schools	59.1%		51.8	307^th of 653 public elementary schools	53.0%	39	100.0	68.8	37.5	40.0				57.8	91.7	62.5	25.0	40.0				51.6	31.3		31.3	$13,156	$1,391	$11,764
Ness City High	Public	7-12	200 N 5th	Ness City	67560	Ness County	Ness City	No	No	No	No	(785) 798-3991	122	16	7.8	37.7%	92 (75.4%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (22.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.5%)	57.1	126^th of 332 public high schools	62.0%		62.3	97^th of 318 public high schools	69.5%	29					55.0	34.8	46.1	44.6					55.0	39.1	30.8	42.8		47.8	47.8	$16,150	$1,117	$15,033

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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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