Best Elementary Schools in Kansas

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Kansas test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the KAP test scores by the Kansas State Department of Education. The most recent update was on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 656)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
501	Elkhart Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	331 S Cosmos	Elkhart	67950	Morton County	Elkhart	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 697-2133	171	13	13.1	76.6%	73 (42.7%)	2 (1.2%)	92 (53.8%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	$18,485			$4,366			$14,119	27.4	44.4	379	122		200579000080
502	Ruth Clark Elementary K-5	Public	PK, KG-5	1900 W. 55th Street South	Wichita	67217	Sedgwick County	Haysville	No	No	No	Yes	(316) 554-2333	316	24	13.1	63.0%	172 (54.4%)	22 (7.0%)	70 (22.2%)	9 (2.8%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	39 (12.3%)	$13,333			$809			$12,524	27	32.9	464	38		200705001725
503	Enterprise Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	302 S High	Enterprise	67441	Dickinson County	Chapman	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 263-8248	86	9	9.6	74.4%	69 (80.2%)	3 (3.5%)	12 (14.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.3%)	$13,561			$1,539			$12,022	26.6	28.3	493	10		200462001250
504	Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	1243 N Market	Wichita	67214	Sedgwick County	Wichita	No	Yes	No	Yes	(316) 973-3100	643	40	16	84.9%	38 (5.9%)	16 (2.5%)	581 (90.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.1%)	$13,675			$3,013			$10,662	26.4	21	540	36		201299000333
505	Trojan Elementary	Public	1-5	1901 Parker Ave	Osawatomie	66064	Miami County	Osawatomie	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 755-4133	341	29	11.7	68.6%	282 (82.7%)	3 (0.9%)	22 (6.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (9.7%)	$16,036			$1,954			$14,082	26.4	29.2	487	18		201026000771
506	Apache Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	8910 Goddard	Overland Park	66214	Johnson County	Shawnee Mission Pub School	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 993-1600	526	35	14.8	76.8%	142 (27.0%)	70 (13.3%)	249 (47.3%)	9 (1.7%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (10.1%)	$13,606			$1,751			$11,855	26.3	28.8	490	16		201164001518
507	Henry Leavenworth	Public	1-4	1925 Vilas	Leavenworth	66048	Leavenworth County	Leavenworth	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 684-1470	297	21	14.1	58.6%	160 (53.9%)	37 (12.5%)	45 (15.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	53 (17.8%)	$16,371			$3,101			$13,270	26.2	20.9	541	34		200843001968
508	Wakefield Elementary	Public	K-8	502 Third	Wakefield	67487	Clay County	Clay County	No	No	No	No	(785) 461-5437	129	14	9.4	51.9%	114 (88.4%)	2 (1.6%)	11 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	$13,005			$1,483			$11,522	26.1	26.8	505	3		200489000828
509	Northridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	1900 Windsor Dr.	Newton	67114	Harvey County	Newton	No	No	No	Yes	(316) 284-6540	345	19	18.4	71.9%	201 (58.3%)	7 (2.0%)	101 (29.3%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (9.3%)	$8,442			$1,919			$6,524	25.3	19.4	553	44		200996002002
510	Pauline South Intermediate	Public	4-6	7035 SW Morrill Rd	Wakarusa	66546	Shawnee County	Auburn-Washburn	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 339-4750	277	27	10.2	69.0%	179 (64.6%)	26 (9.4%)	35 (12.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)	1 (0.4%)	31 (11.2%)	$13,935			$711			$13,224	24.9	22.9	530	20		200320001070

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on KAP English Language Arts, KAP Mathematics, KAP Science test scores released by the Kansas State Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 14, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Kansas State Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Kansas State Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kansas State Department of Education.