Lansing

Lansing has five schools: two elementary schools, one middle school, one high school and an alternative school, serving students from the elementary grades through high school. The four non-virtual schools all scored above the state in 2025–2026 ELA and math, while the five-school average was 49% in ELA versus 46% statewide and 39% in math versus 41% statewide. The clearest overall finding is that results differ sharply by school: the virtual academy’s very low all-grades math score pulls the area’s average below the state figure.

Lansing Elementary School leads the area in ELA and math, with 55% and 49% proficient—9 and 8 percentage points above the state, respectively. Lansing Intermediate School is next in both subjects, at 53% in ELA and 46% in math. Lansing Middle 6-8 leads science at 41%, 2 points above the state. At the other end, Kansas Heartland Virtual Academy has 8% proficiency in all-grades math, 33 points below the state and 37 below the next-lowest school. Lansing High 9-12 pairs a 92% graduation rate with 30% chronic absenteeism, compared with 90% and 18% statewide.

Recent score changes are mixed: across the four schools with two years of results, the average in ELA rose by 1 point, while the math average fell by 1 point; science scores at Middle and Intermediate fell, but both schools improved their margins over the state because the state result fell more. SchoolDigger percentile rankings also declined from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026 at High (87th to 69th), Middle (79th to 71st) and Intermediate (59th to 51st). Other school figures offer context: student-teacher ratios range from 13.3 at Middle to 16.9 at Elementary, which has the strongest ELA and math results and a 44% free/reduced-lunch rate. All-grades comparisons span schools serving different grade levels, so they do not compare identical student groups.