Summary:
Chetopa-St. Paul has five schools serving 396 students: two elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools. In 2025–2026, the five-school average was 41% in English Language Arts (ELA) and 39% in math, below state results of 46% and 41%; the four schools reporting science averaged 48%, above the state’s 38%. Those averages mask large differences between schools, making school-specific results the most important guide to this area.
St. Paul High School led all-grades ELA at 55%, 9 percentage points above the state and 17 points above the other schools’ average. It also narrowly led math at 45%, nearly tied with St. Paul Elementary School at 45%; both topped the state’s 41%. St. Paul Elementary stood out in science at 74%, 36 points above the state and 35 points above the other reporting schools’ average. At the bottom, Chetopa High had the lowest result in every subject: 23% in ELA, 19% in math and 31% in science. Its chronic absenteeism was also highest, at 31% compared with 18% statewide.
Math improved more broadly than ELA: the school average rose 7 points, from 32% to 39%, while ELA barely changed, moving from 41% to 41% as the state result rose from 44% to 46%. St. Paul Elementary gained 6 points in ELA, 12 in math and 20 in science; St. Paul High gained 12 in ELA, while St. Paul Middle School fell in all three subjects. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranks rose from 36 to 56 for St. Paul Elementary and from 76 to 86 for St. Paul High, but fell from 93 to 65 for St. Paul Middle. The elementary schools also differ in context: St. Paul Elementary has a 17.6 student-teacher ratio and 41% free/reduced-lunch enrollment, compared with 8.0 and 89% at Chetopa Elementary. All-grades comparisons have limits because schools serve different grades.
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