Summary:
Herington has one elementary school, Herington Elementary, serving prekindergarten through grade 5, with 186 students. Its latest results show a clear contrast across subjects: all-grades English language arts and math were close to Kansas averages, while science was substantially stronger. The school’s clearest overall strength is science, with proficiency 21 points above the state.
Within the school, grade-level results show both notable strengths and areas to watch. Fifth-grade math was 10 points above Kansas, at 56% compared with 45%, and fifth-grade science was 14 points above, at 59% versus 46%. Fourth grade was the weakest area: math was 15 points below the state, at 30% compared with 44%, while ELA was 9 points below, at 41% versus 50%. Overall, the school’s all-grades results were 59% in science versus 38% statewide, 44% in math versus 41%, and 46% in ELA versus 46%.
The school’s scores declined in all three subjects from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, even as its average lead over Kansas narrowed. ELA fell by 1 point, math by 4, and science by 4; across the three subjects, its average advantage over the state went from 11 points to 8. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking also moved down, from 218th of 653 schools in 2023–2024 to 335th of 657 in 2025–2026, with its percentile rank falling from 67th to 49th. Chronic absenteeism was 17%, slightly below the state’s 18% and well below the Herington district’s 31%. The school’s student–teacher ratio was 11.5 and its free/reduced-lunch rate was 74%; these are useful context, not explanations for its results.
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