Elementary Schools in North Lyon County

Summary:

North Lyon County, Kansas has only one elementary school, NLC Elementary School, which serves students from kindergarten through 6th grade. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 431 out of 660 Kansas elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 308 out of 656 in 2024-2025.

NLC Elementary School's academic proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics have been mixed compared to state averages, with the school performing better in science. In 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates in ELA (50.41%) and Math (40.33%) were both higher than the state averages, but in the previous year, the school's proficiency rates were lower than the state. However, the school's science proficiency rates were significantly higher than the state average in both 2024-2025 (62.78% vs. 41.44%) and 2023-2024 (34% vs. 32.28%).

The school has a relatively high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 43.56% in 2023-2024, and a student-teacher ratio of 11.6, which is lower than the state average. The school's per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $9,882, which could be further analyzed to understand how resources are being allocated and how they may be impacting the school's performance.

District Detail

614 Main Street
Americus, KS 66835

(620) 481-2085

SchoolDigger Rank:
44^th of 264 Kansas districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 325

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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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 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 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
NLC Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	804 Sixth Street	Americus	66835	Lyon County	North Lyon County	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 481-2086	223	19	11.6	47.5%	202 (90.6%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.8%)	53.1	308^th of 656 public elementary schools	53.0%		50.1	325^th of 653 public elementary schools	50.2%	17	61.5	50.0	58.3	23.8	53.3	52.6	50.4	38.5	57.1	50.0	19.0	46.7	36.8	40.3	58.3	68.4	62.8	$16,376	$5,406	$10,970

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Emporia	5.71 mi	9	215^th
Morris County	15.69 mi	5	150^th
Chase County	16.59 mi	2	79^th
Southern Lyon County	17.65 mi	4	100^th
Lebo-Waverly	22.87 mi	4	54^th

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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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