Best Elementary Schools in Kansas

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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
261	Mahaffie Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1300 N Nelson Rd	Olathe	66061	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7530	449	31	14.3	43.7%	256 (57.0%)	33 (7.3%)	101 (22.5%)	15 (3.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (9.4%)	$14,212			$670			$13,542	59.7	45.1	374	113		201014001704
262	Appanoose Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	600 Shawnee Road	Pomona	66076	Franklin County	West Franklin	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 566-3386	191	18	10.6	45.0%	171 (89.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.7%)	$14,993			$3,844			$11,149	59.4	45.7	367	105		201080001888
263	Marais Des Cygnes Valley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	213 N 8th	Quenemo	66528	Osage County	Marais Des Cygnes Valley	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 759-3512	87	9	9.6	69.0%	74 (85.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	5 (5.7%)	$21,025			$2,191			$18,834	59.3	49.8	329	66		200948001164
264	Kanopolis Middle	Public	4-6	210 Iowa	Kanopolis	67454	Ellsworth County	Ellsworth	No	No	No	No	(785) 472-4477	141	11	12.9	43.3%	124 (87.9%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.0%)	$11,975			$1,235			$10,740	59	68	181	83		200587000612
265	Gray Hawk Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	16000 Garden Parkway	Basehor	66007	Leavenworth County	Basehor-Linwood	No	No	No	No	(913) 662-7170	285	23	12.2	22.8%	207 (72.6%)	5 (1.8%)	45 (15.8%)	3 (1.1%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (8.1%)	$16,115			$996			$15,119	58.9			(n/a)		200378002159
266	Washington Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	128 N Park	McPherson	67460	McPherson County	McPherson	No	Yes	No	No	(620) 241-9560	256	22	11.4	55.1%	188 (73.4%)	3 (1.2%)	50 (19.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.9%)	$15,242			$2,150			$13,091	58.8	70	160	106		200939000996
267	Conway Springs Kyle Trueblood	Public	PK, KG-5	111 N. Highland	Conway Springs	67031	Sumner County	Conway Springs	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 456-2966	146	11	12.8	39.0%	132 (90.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.8%)	$15,676			$2,592			$13,084	58.6	34.2	455	188		200513000734
268	Ness City Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	500 E Chestnut	Ness City	67560	Ness County	Ness City	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 798-2222	155	12	13.3	40.6%	130 (83.9%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (15.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$13,156			$1,391			$11,764	58.6	51.8	307	39		200993000499
269	Maize Elementary	Public	K-4	305 W. Jones	Maize	67101	Sedgwick County	Maize	No	No	No	Yes	(316) 722-8230	413	32	13	34.9%	275 (66.6%)	21 (5.1%)	62 (15.0%)	7 (1.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (11.1%)	$13,604			$950			$12,654	58.5	58	262	7		200914000383
270	Flinthills Intermediate School	Public	3-5	806 SE Rosalia Rd.	Rosalia	67132	Butler County	Flinthills	No	No	No	No	(620) 476-2218	47	5	9.3	44.7%	42 (89.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (6.4%)	$16,600			$741			$15,859	58.4	65.1	197	73		201122001338

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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.