Summary:
Royal Valley has one elementary school, Royal Valley Elementary, serving prekindergarten through fourth grade, with 369 students. Its 2025–26 all-grades ELA proficiency was 52%, above the Kansas result of 46% by 6 percentage points; math proficiency was 36%, below the state’s 41% by 5 points. The clearest takeaway is that ELA is now ahead of the state, while math remains behind it in both reported years and in both tested grades.
As the only school listed, Royal Valley Elementary is both the area’s highest- and lowest-performing school by default, not a meaningful school-to-school distinction. Its overall ELA result above the state masks a difference by grade: fourth-grade ELA was 55%, 5 points above the state, while third-grade ELA was 48%, 3 points below. Math was below the state in both grades: third-grade proficiency was 34% versus 43% statewide, an 8-point gap, and fourth-grade proficiency was 37% versus 44%, a 7-point gap.
Results moved in different directions by subject: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, the school’s ELA proficiency rose from 43% to 52%, a 9-point gain, while math edged up from 35% to 36%, a 1-point gain; the state’s math score rose by 2 points, widening the school’s shortfall from 4 to 5 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking improved from the 31st percentile in 2024–25 (455 of 656 schools) to the 40th percentile in 2025–26 (395 of 657), with a 2-star rating. Context measures include a 12.6 student-teacher ratio and a 54% free/reduced-lunch rate. Chronic absenteeism was 11%, close to the Royal Valley district’s 11% and below the state’s 18%; these figures describe the school but do not explain its results.
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