Summary:
Little River has one middle school, Little River Junior High, serving grades 7–8 and enrolling 33 students. In 2025–2026, the school’s proficiency was above Kansas results in all three reported subjects: 64% in English language arts (ELA), 60% in math and 65% in science, compared with 46%, 41% and 38% statewide. Science was its strongest result relative to the state, with a 27-point advantage. The clearest takeaway is that the school performed substantially above state results in every reported subject.
Little River Junior High is both the area’s highest- and lowest-performing listed school by default; because it is the only school in the list, there is no meaningful local school-to-school comparison. Against the district aggregate, however, the school was lower by 2 points in ELA, 7 in math and 6 in science. Attendance offers another point of comparison: chronic absenteeism was 7%, well below the state’s 18% but 1 point above the district’s 6%. These figures show that strong results compared with the state do not mean the school is above district results in every measure.
Results improved overall relative to the state over the latest two years, but the pattern varied by subject. School math proficiency rose 7 points, while ELA was nearly unchanged and science fell 2 points; the school’s advantage over the state grew in math and science but narrowed in ELA. The school’s SchoolDigger ranking was 23rd of 368 in 2025–2026, close to 25th of 363 the year before, after ranking 4th of 362 in 2023–2024. Separately, SchoolDigger rates the Little River district five stars and ranks it 5th of 268 districts. The school’s student-teacher ratio is 8.6, and its free/reduced-lunch rate was 27% in 2024–2025. These are useful context figures, not explanations for its results.
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