Atchison County Community Schools

The two schools in Atchison County Community Schools serve 498 students across PK–12: Atchison County Community Elementary School serves PK–6, and Atchison County Community Junior/Senior High serves grades 7–12. Because they serve different grade spans, their all-grades results are not like-grade comparisons. The clearest overall finding is a sharp split: the elementary is above state results in all three subjects, while the junior/senior high is below state results in all three.

In 2025–26, the elementary led the two schools in all-grades proficiency, with 49% in ELA, 42% in math and 51% in science—about 3, 1 and 13 percentage points above state rates. The junior/senior high recorded 39% in ELA, 26% in math and 32% in science, about 6, 15 and 6 points below the state. Grade-level math results show why schoolwide figures do not tell the whole story: elementary third-grade math was 63%, 21 points above the state, while junior/senior high seventh-grade math was 15%, 23 points below. Tenth-grade math at the high school was a stronger result: 44%, 8 points above the state.

Results shifted unevenly over time. Elementary math rose 11 points from the prior year, while junior/senior high math fell 11 points; science fell at both schools, and its equal-school average dropped 19 points, to 42%—still above the state’s 38%. ELA rose modestly at the elementary and was nearly unchanged at the high school. SchoolDigger gives both schools three stars and places them at the 50th–51st percentile statewide; its rankings have varied in recent years. The junior/senior high has a higher reported student-teacher ratio (9.6 versus 11.5) and higher chronic absenteeism (26% versus 10% at the elementary); its graduation rate was 96%, compared with 90% statewide. Reported free/reduced-lunch rates were 42% at the high school and 48% at the elementary—contextual differences, not explanations for school results.