Elementary Schools in Cheney

Cheney has one listed elementary school, Cheney Elementary, serving prekindergarten through grade 5, with 395 students. Its 2025–26 results were well above Kansas rates in all three reported subjects: proficiency was 71% in English language arts (ELA), 64% in math and 64% in science, compared with state rates of 46%, 41% and 38%. The most important finding is that the school exceeded the state in every subject, by 25 points in ELA, 23 in math and 26 in science.

There is no local top or bottom school to compare: Cheney Elementary is the only school in the list. Its largest state-relative advantage was in science, even though ELA was its highest raw result; its science lead was 26 points, versus 25 in ELA and 23 in math. Grade-level results were also above state rates throughout. The margins varied, from 16 to 25 points in ELA across grades 3–5 and from 13 to 25 points in math across those grades; within the school, grade 5 results were lower than grade 3 in ELA and lower than grade 4 in math. SchoolDigger ranked the school 57th of 657 statewide in 2025–26, in the 91st percentile with 5 stars; it ranked 71st of 656 with 4 stars the prior year, and 26th of 653 with 5 stars in 2023–24.

Results changed unevenly from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA rose 1 point and math rose 1 point, while science fell 5 points. The equal-weight average of the three subject rates declined from 67% to 66%, and its lead over the state narrowed by 1 point, from 25 to 24 points. Math is a notable exception to the strong state comparison: the school was 1 point below the Cheney district, while its science result was 4 points above the district. The school’s student–teacher ratio was 14.8, its free/reduced-price-lunch rate was 34%, and chronic absenteeism was 4%, compared with 11% districtwide and 18% statewide.