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At a glance

78^thof 268 Kansas districts▲ 27

Better than 70% of Kansas districts

Elementary 1 High 1Grades PK, KG-12

605 Bird Ave.
Bird City, KS 67731-0028·(785) 734-2341·All Kansas district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 70.9% of districts

Schools

164

Students

Top rankedCheylin Junior/Senior High50^th of 340 Kansas high schools

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Biggest riser

Cheylin Elementary up 173 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

The Cheylin area has two schools: Cheylin Elementary for prekindergarten through sixth grade, with 102 students, and Cheylin Junior/Senior High for grades 7–12, with 62. The schools’ 2025–2026 results show different strengths by subject rather than one school leading across the board. The most important finding is that the gap between the schools is largest in science, where Junior/Senior High leads Elementary by 34 percentage points, while Elementary leads in English language arts.

Cheylin Elementary stands out in all-grades English language arts at 51%, compared with 29% at Cheylin Junior/Senior High—a 22-point lead. Elementary is 5 points above the state rate, while Junior/Senior High is 17 points below. The high school leads in math, 48% to 43%, and science, 61% to 27%; both schools are above the state in math, but Elementary is 11 points below the state in science. Grade-level results reveal further contrasts: Elementary sixth graders are 27 points above the state in ELA, while fourth graders are 14 points below; Junior/Senior High’s eleventh-grade science result is 56 points above the state. SchoolDigger ranks Junior/Senior High 50th of 340 Kansas high schools (85th percentile) and Elementary 374th of 657 elementary schools (43rd percentile).

Recent ELA results moved in opposite directions: Elementary rose 13 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while Junior/Senior High fell 32 points; the two-school average fell 10 points as the state rate edged up 1 point. Math was steadier overall, with Elementary up 10 points and Junior/Senior High down 10. SchoolDigger’s Elementary percentile improved from 17 to 43 most recently, while Junior/Senior High’s fell from 99 to 85. Attendance is a relative positive: chronic absenteeism was 8% at Elementary and 11% at Junior/Senior High, below the 18% statewide rate. Free/reduced-lunch rates were similar, at 52% and 50%; student–teacher ratios were 9.6 and 6.7, respectively. The schools serve different grade spans and have modest enrollments, so all-grades figures do not compare identical grades and should be read with that context.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	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 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 10th Grade	KAP Mathematics All Grades	KAP Science 5th Grade	KAP Science 11th Grade	KAP Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Cheylin Junior/Senior High	Public	7-12	605 Bird Ave.	Bird City	67731	Cheyenne County	Cheylin	No	No	No	No	(785) 734-2341	62	9	6.7	50.0%	37 (59.7%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (40.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	77.9	50^th of 340 public high schools	85.3%		99.2	3^rd of 332 public high schools	99.1%	47				30.0	33.3	29.0					50.0	66.7	48.4		85.7	60.9	$20,038	$2,246	$17,792
Cheylin Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	121 E.Sixth	Bird City	67731	Cheyenne County	Cheylin	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 734-2351	102	11	9.6	52.0%	63 (61.8%)	5 (4.9%)	33 (32.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45.1	374^th of 657 public elementary schools	43.1%		20.3	547^th of 656 public elementary schools	16.6%	173	36.4	50.0	69.2			51.2	30.0	36.4	36.4	64.3			43.5	27.3		27.3	$17,112	$2,708	$14,404

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
St Francis Community School	14.1 mi	2	131^st
Rawlins County	26.38 mi	2	79^th
Brewster	27.67 mi	2	198^th
Goodland	28.55 mi	6
Colby Public Schools	35.27 mi	3	201^st

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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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