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Best Public Schools in Rice County, KS

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Schools

1,434

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedSterling Grade School25^th of 656 Kansas elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Little River High up 22 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Lyons Central Elementary 9.5 students per teacher

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3 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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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
Chase Raymond Primary Intermediate School	Public	PK, KG-7	312 Ash	Chase	67524	Rice County	Chase-Raymond	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 938-2996	72	6	11.0	76.4%	58 (80.6%)	1 (1.4%)	13 (18.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)		16.7			27.3			32.5		18.2			27.3			17.9				$24,652	$15,881	$8,772
Chase High	Public	8-12	313 East Avenue C	Chase	67524	Rice County	Chase-Raymond	No	No	No	No	(620) 938-2923	48	8	5.7	79.2%	37 (77.1%)	3 (6.3%)	8 (16.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)								12.5								18.8				$25,796	$18,694	$7,101
Little River Junior High	Public	7-8	430 Waverly Street	Little River	67457	Rice County	Little River	No	No	No	No	(620) 897-6201	33	4	8.6	27.3%	32 (97.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	89.9	25^th of 363 public middle schools	93.1%		96.4	4^th of 362 public middle schools	98.9%	21					68.8	61.1		64.7					50.0	55.6		52.9		66.7	66.7	$17,347	$591	$16,756
Little River High	Public	9-12	430 Waverly Street	Little River	67457	Rice County	Little River	No	No	No	No	(620) 897-6201	89	10	8.9	25.8%	74 (83.1%)	1 (1.1%)	10 (11.2%)	1 (1.1%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)	90.8	26^th of 332 public high schools	92.2%		77.6	48^th of 318 public high schools	84.9%	22							59.1	59.1							54.5	54.5				$17,352	$591	$16,761
Lyons Central Elementary	Public	3-5	501 W. Lincoln	Lyons	67554	Rice County	Lyons	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 257-5612	132	14	9.5	78.0%	74 (56.1%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (38.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.5%)	22.5	533^rd of 656 public elementary schools	18.8%		49.7	331^st of 653 public elementary schools	49.3%	202	50.0	23.4	42.5					37.7	36.1	14.9	21.7					23.3	15.2		15.2	$14,883	$1,178	$13,705
Lyons Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-2	121 S. Workman	Lyons	67554	Rice County	Lyons	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 257-5624	166	17	9.9	66.9%	92 (55.4%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (40.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.2%)								(n/a)																				$18,153	$1,137	$17,016
Lyons Middle School	Public	6-8	501 E American Road	Lyons	67554	Rice County	Lyons	No	No	No	No	(620) 257-3961	173	17	10.0	75.1%	82 (47.4%)	1 (0.6%)	81 (46.8%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.6%)	21.2	308^th of 363 public middle schools	15.2%		32.2	255^th of 362 public middle schools	29.6%	53				28.3	17.6	37.1		28.7				22.6	7.8	28.6		20.7		30.0	30.0	$13,782	$769	$13,013
Lyons High School	Public	9-12	601 E. American Road	Lyons	67554	Rice County	Lyons	No	No	No	No	(620) 257-5114	221	22	10.0	73.3%	118 (53.4%)	4 (1.8%)	86 (38.9%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.4%)	11.5	307^th of 332 public high schools	7.5%		36.7	216^th of 318 public high schools	32.1%	91							17.5	17.5							17.5	17.5				$19,667	$780	$18,888
Sterling Grade School	Public	PK, KG-6	218 S 5th	Sterling	67579	Rice County	Sterling	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 278-3112	268	22	12.2	41.8%	247 (92.2%)	6 (2.2%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.1%)	91.7	25^th of 656 public elementary schools	96.2%		94.4	13^th of 653 public elementary schools	98.0%	12	77.1	53.3	82.1	67.4				68.2	85.7	66.7	89.3	93.0				82.8	75.0		75.0	$13,760	$3,313	$10,448
Sterling Junior High/Senior High	Public	7-12	308 E Washington	Sterling	67579	Rice County	Sterling	No	No	No	No	(620) 278-2171	232	20	11.5	37.9%	217 (93.5%)	2 (0.9%)	7 (3.0%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	62.1	112^th of 332 public high schools	66.3%		55	130^th of 318 public high schools	59.1%	18					48.4	57.1	32.3	46.7					38.7	52.4	55.9	49.5		59.5	59.5	$13,997	$3,309	$10,689

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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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