Ft Larned

Three public schools in Ft Larned serve students from prekindergarten through grade 12: Fort Larned Elementary School (PK–5), Larned Middle School (6–8) and Larned Senior High (9–12). In 2025–26, the schools’ all-grades results show a strong elementary science result and more mixed performance in math, while ELA scores are relatively close across schools. The clearest area-wide concern is Senior High math: 30% of students were proficient, 11 percentage points below the state result.

Elementary had the highest all-grades proficiency in all three subjects: 49% in ELA, 47% in math and 63% in science. Its science result was 25 points above the state’s 38%; its ELA and math scores were 3 and 6 points above state results. The greatest differences between schools were in science (29 points) and math (17 points), compared with just 2 points in ELA. Senior High had the lowest math and science results, at 30% and 34%; its science score was 4 points below state. Middle had the lowest ELA result, 46%, but was essentially at the state’s 46%. Grade-level results add important nuance: Elementary fifth-grade math was 71%, while fourth-grade math was 28%; Middle eighth-grade math was 7 points above its state benchmark.

Recent results improved at Middle in all three subjects: ELA rose 7 points, math 7 and science 1 from 2024–25 to 2025–26. Senior High ELA climbed 13 points to 48%, while Elementary ELA fell 7 points to 49%; the three schools’ average ELA result nevertheless rose 4 points. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking rose 20 points for Middle and 18 for Senior High over three years, while Elementary’s fell 13. Attendance is another difference for families to weigh: chronic absenteeism was 21% at Senior High, compared with 13% at Middle and 9% at Elementary. Student-teacher ratios ranged from 9.3 at Senior High to 12.1 at Elementary; reported free/reduced-lunch rates ranged from 45% at Senior High to 59% at Elementary. These measures describe different school contexts, not causes of test results.