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Adams Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5

575^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 657 Kansas Elementary Schools

Better than 12% of Kansas elementary schools

Summary

Adams Elementary serves 306 students in prekindergarten through fifth grade in Arkansas City, Kansas, in the Arkansas City district. Its 2025–26 proficiency rates are 31% in English language arts (ELA), 24% in math and 23% in science. All three are below state and nearby-school averages, even though each is slightly above the district rate. The most important finding is that Adams’s test results remain low compared with schools across the state and nearby schools.

Among the three subjects, science is strongest against the district, while math has the largest gap to the state: Adams is about 2 points above the district in science, but 15 points below the state; its math result is about even with the district and 17 points below the state. Nearby-school averages are 43% in ELA, 34% in math and 35% in science, leaving Adams 12, 10 and 11 points behind, respectively. ELA also varies notably by grade: fifth-grade proficiency is 41%, about 5 points above the district, while third-grade proficiency is 21% and is the lowest among nearby schools. Attendance is a bright spot: chronic absenteeism is 11%, compared with 24% in the district and 18% statewide.

Results have improved since 2022–23—by 17 points in ELA, 10 in math and 5 in science—but the latest ELA result fell 2 points, while math rose 2 and science rose 3. SchoolDigger ranks Adams 575th out of 657 Kansas schools, at the 12th percentile with 1 star; that is above its 5th-percentile standing in 2022–23, but still near the bottom statewide. SchoolDigger’s student-group rankings show stronger statewide standing for how Adams serves English language learner students (49th percentile) and special education students (42nd) than for the school overall (12th percentile); these rankings describe school performance for groups, not individual students. Adams’s student–teacher ratio is 13.3, tied with Irving Elementary, and its free/reduced-lunch rate is 76%, second-highest among nearby schools, just below Frances Willard Elementary at 77%.

306

Students ?

13.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,852

Per pupil spending ?

75.8%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

1201 N 10th
Arkansas City, KS 67005-1998

(620) 441-2040

District: Arkansas City

Students who attend Adams Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Arkansas City Middle School
High:	Arkansas City High

Racial breakdown:

White:

48.4%

Hispanic:

46.1%

African American:

2.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 14th percentile in 2016 → 12th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Kansas average (26% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (12th percentile)

!Mathematics scores 17 pts below the Kansas average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school26%

District avg25%

Kansas avg42%

575^th of 657

Kansas public elementary schools ?

Bottom 12%▼ down 2 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 6Elementary Schools in the Arkansas City

244^th of 268Arkansas City among Kansas districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2026	15.3	575 of 657	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	16.8	570 of 656	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.4	570 of 653	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	8.6	627 of 660	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.3	567 of 668	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	10.6	614 of 670	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.9	613 of 667	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.7	601 of 656	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	13.9	595 of 659	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	19.6	561 of 656	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	18.2	593 of 678	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	3.8	645 of 668	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	38.8	521 of 660	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	37.4	490 of 631	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	35.1	506 of 630	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	18.9	552 of 621	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	32.7	488 of 614	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	68.5	203 of 600	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2006	44.7	380 of 585	35.0%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2021	18.5	192 of 214	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2026	44.0	64 of 126	49.2%	★★★☆☆
2025	43.5	70 of 129	45.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	50.6	48 of 124	61.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	18.9	115 of 117	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	22.4	101 of 108	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	41.6	66 of 122	45.9%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2026	18.8	498 of 585	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	10.9	554 of 591	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.6	510 of 591	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.6	511 of 574	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2026	23.8	235 of 269	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	29.0	207 of 262	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.1	249 of 260	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	20.4	223 of 245	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	29.4	203 of 254	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	27.6	189 of 229	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.5	185 of 235	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.0	181 of 207	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2026	18.2	494 of 546	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	22.7	464 of 533	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.4	416 of 546	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.5	499 of 541	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	37.0	361 of 512	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.7	412 of 494	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.3	412 of 509	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.3	464 of 512	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2026	15.6	525 of 594	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.4	538 of 605	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.2	548 of 586	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.0	528 of 575	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2026	39.9	185 of 318	41.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	29.9	228 of 313	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.6	283 of 305	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	18.5	192 of 214	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2026	25.7	481 of 576	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	19.3	518 of 576	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.6	523 of 579	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.0	574 of 584	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.3	531 of 596	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	6.3	575 of 587	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.8	550 of 592	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.2	562 of 574	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2026)49th percentile+37 vs school

Special Education (2026)42nd percentile+29 vs school

White (2026)16th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2026)15th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2026)13th percentile~ school

Male (2026)12th percentile~ school

Disabled (2021)10th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)10th percentile-3 vs school

By subject vs Kansas (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts31%-15 vs state

Mathematics24%-17 vs state

Science23%-15 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				KAP English Language Arts (2026)					KAP Mathematics (2026)					KAP Science (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	KAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	KAP English Language Arts All Grades	KAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	KAP Mathematics 4th Grade	KAP Mathematics 5th Grade	KAP Mathematics 6th Grade	KAP Mathematics All Grades	KAP Science 5th Grade	KAP Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Adams Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1201 N 10th	Arkansas City	67005	Cowley County	Arkansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 441-2040	306	23	13.3	75.8%	148 (48.4%)	6 (2.0%)	141 (46.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	4 (1.3%)	3 (1.0%)	15.3	575^th of 657 public elementary schools	12.5%		16.8	570^th of 656 public elementary schools	13.1%	5	21.1	30.9	41.0		31.1	21.0	23.8	28.2		24.4	23.1	23.1	$14,852	$1,067	$13,785
Jefferson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	131 Osage Ave	Arkansas City	67005	Cowley County	Arkansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 441-2060	261	17	15.5	72.4%	152 (58.2%)	14 (5.4%)	75 (28.7%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	5 (1.9%)	12 (4.6%)	38.5	428^th of 657 public elementary schools	34.9%		33	468^th of 656 public elementary schools	28.7%	40	35.1	50.0	50.0		45.0	34.2	46.4	40.9		40.0	31.8	31.8	$14,666	$1,309	$13,357
Frances Willard Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	201 N 4th	Arkansas City	67005	Cowley County	Arkansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 441-2050	281	16	17.5	77.2%	125 (44.5%)	10 (3.6%)	114 (40.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.5%)	8 (2.8%)	17 (6.0%)	8.3	619^th of 657 public elementary schools	5.8%		7.9	622^nd of 656 public elementary schools	5.2%	3	22.0	28.6	20.0		23.6	7.3	19.4	26.7		16.8	16.7	16.7	$14,165	$1,391	$12,774
Roosevelt Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	300 North B	Arkansas City	67005	Cowley County	Arkansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 441-2070	219	18	11.9	74.0%	94 (42.9%)	4 (1.8%)	102 (46.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	5 (2.3%)	11 (5.0%)	28	507^th of 657 public elementary schools	22.8%		23	528^th of 656 public elementary schools	19.5%	21	44.0	54.8	22.2		39.1	36.0	41.9	16.7		30.4	17.1	17.1	$15,518	$1,300	$14,218
I X L Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6758 322nd Road	Arkansas City	67005	Cowley County	Arkansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 441-2055	200	14	13.8	74.0%	110 (55.0%)	5 (2.5%)	59 (29.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.0%)	10 (5.0%)	10 (5.0%)	10.9	606^th of 657 public elementary schools	7.8%		20.1	548^th of 656 public elementary schools	16.5%	58	30.0	24.0	30.4		28.2	20.0	20.0	17.4		19.2	26.1	26.1	$16,164	$1,385	$14,779
C 4 Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	11945 292nd Road	Arkansas City	67005	Cowley County	Arkansas City	No	No	No	No	(620) 441-2045	122	10	12.7	44.3%	95 (77.9%)	1 (0.8%)	13 (10.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	12 (9.8%)	60	251^st of 657 public elementary schools	61.8%		53	311^th of 656 public elementary schools	52.6%	60	53.3	57.1	58.3		56.2	26.7	52.4	66.7		47.9	50.0	50.0	$16,590	$510	$16,081
Lowell Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1404 Millington	Winfield	67156	Cowley County	Winfield	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 221-5136	214	16	13.1	58.4%	134 (62.6%)	10 (4.7%)	35 (16.4%)	5 (2.3%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.4%)	26 (12.1%)	50	334^th of 657 public elementary schools	49.2%		45	364^th of 656 public elementary schools	44.5%	30	60.0	51.3	55.9		55.2	44.0	51.3	26.5		40.6	35.3	35.3	$21,530	$508	$21,023
Whittier Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1400 Mound	Winfield	67156	Cowley County	Winfield	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 221-5150	259	18	14.3	54.4%	203 (78.4%)	3 (1.2%)	33 (12.7%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (6.2%)	41.7	401^st of 657 public elementary schools	39.0%		41	404^th of 656 public elementary schools	38.4%	3	48.9	32.6	44.7		42.0	40.0	36.9	45.8		41.0	51.1	51.1	$21,382	$508	$20,874
Irving Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	311 Harter	Winfield	67156	Cowley County	Winfield	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 221-5140	234	18	13.3	72.6%	167 (71.4%)	4 (1.7%)	24 (10.3%)	3 (1.3%)	3 (1.3%)	7 (3.0%)	26 (11.1%)	13.9	582^nd of 657 public elementary schools	11.4%		22.1	535^th of 656 public elementary schools	18.4%	47	43.2	27.0	32.5		34.2	18.9	18.9	15.0		17.5	25.0	25.0	$21,838	$508	$21,331
Oxford Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	319 E College	Oxford	67119	Sumner County	Oxford	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 455-2422	201	20	10.2	49.8%	168 (83.6%)	7 (3.5%)	20 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.5%)	66.9	196^th of 657 public elementary schools	70.2%		75.6	133^rd of 656 public elementary schools	79.7%	63	78.9	63.3	50.0	77.3	66.0	68.4	56.7	26.9	45.5	48.5	42.3	42.3	$15,713	$1,223	$14,490

Frequently Asked Questions about Adams Elementary

How many students attend Adams Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 306 students attended Adams Elementary.

Is Adams Elementary a good school?

Adams Elementary ranks in the bottom 12.5% of Kansas elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Adams Elementary?

Students at Adams Elementary are 48% White, 46% Hispanic, 2% African American, 1% American Indian, 1% Pacific Islander.

What schools do graduates of Adams Elementary attend?

Students who attend Adams Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Arkansas City Middle School
High : Arkansas City High

What district is Adams Elementary in?

Arkansas City

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