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Altoona-Midway

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At a glance

227^thof 268 Kansas districts▲ 33

Better than 15% of Kansas districts

Elementary 1 High 1Grades PK, KG-12

20584 US 75 Hwy
Buffalo, KS 66717·(620) 537-7721·All Kansas district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 15.3% of districts

Schools

151

Students

Top rankedAltoona-Midway Elementary474^th of 657 Kansas elementary schools

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Altoona-Midway Elementary

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Summary:

Altoona-Midway Elementary serves prekindergarten through grade 5 and has 72 students, while Altoona-Midway Middle/High School serves grades 6–12 and has 79 students. The latest results show a divided picture: Elementary is above the state in ELA and science, while Middle/High is below the state in all three subjects. Mathematics is the clearest shared concern: both schools are below the state, and their average is 19 percentage points below it.

Elementary stands out overall, leading Middle/High in every latest all-grades subject: by 21 points in ELA, 12 in math, and 54 in science. Elementary is 4 points above the state in ELA and 22 points above in science, but 13 points below in math. Middle/High is below the state by 17 points in ELA, 25 in math, and 33 in science. Elementary’s schoolwide strengths do not hold in every grade: fourth-grade ELA is 4 points above the state, while third-grade ELA is 27 points below; fourth-grade math is 35 points below, and fifth-grade science is 14 points above. All-grades figures cover different grade spans, so they are not direct like-for-like comparisons.

Recent trends are mixed: the two-school average ELA gap narrowed from 9 points below the state in 2024–2025 to 6 points below in 2025–2026, while the math gap widened from 18 to 19 points. Middle/High improved by 7 points in ELA and 6 in math, but its science result fell by 24 points as the state result fell by 3; its science gap widened from 12 to 33 points below the state. SchoolDigger’s rankings also vary: Elementary went from the 90th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 28th in 2025–2026, while Middle/High went from the 56th percentile in 2021–2022 to the 13th in 2024–2025. The schools have similar small enrollments and student-teacher ratios—8.4 at Elementary and 7.7 at Middle/High—but differing attendance: chronic absenteeism is 21% at Elementary and 5% at Middle/High, compared with 18% statewide. Their reported free or reduced-price lunch rates are 69% and 65%, respectively; these are context, not an explanation for achievement differences.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking ()				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 ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	KAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	KAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	KAP English Language Arts All Grades	KAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	KAP Mathematics 4th Grade	KAP Mathematics All Grades	KAP Science 5th Grade	KAP Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Altoona-Midway Middle/High School	Public	6-12	20704 US 75 Hwy	Buffalo	66717	Wilson County	Altoona-Midway	No	No	No	No	(620) 537-7711	79	10	7.7	64.6%	71 (89.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (7.6%)								(n/a)			29.0			16.1		5.6	$23,599	$303	$23,296
Altoona-Midway Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	833 River Street	Altoona	66710	Wilson County	Altoona-Midway	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 568-5725	72	9	8.4	69.4%	64 (88.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.2%)	33.4	474^th of 657 public elementary schools	27.9%					(n/a)	25.0	54.5	50.0	25.0	9.1	28.1	60.0	60.0	$26,477	$340	$26,137

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Chanute Public Schools	9.59 mi	4	153^rd
Fredonia	13.12 mi	4	221^st
Woodson	14.74 mi	2	151^st
Humboldt	15.35 mi	4	214^th
Cherryvale	15.8 mi	3	122^nd

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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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