Summary
Bonner Springs Elementary serves 351 students in prekindergarten through fifth grade in the Bonner Springs district. Its 2025–26 results are above district averages in all three tested subjects and above state results in English Language Arts (ELA) and Science, but the most important comparison is less favorable: proficiency falls below the average of ten nearby schools in ELA, Math and Science.
Compared with nearby schools, ELA is the closest subject to the local average, while Math has the largest gap: proficiency was 52% in ELA, 41% in Math and 50% in Science, versus nearby-school averages of 66%, 58% and 64%. The gaps are 14, 17 and 14 percentage points, respectively; each result ranks among the three lowest in the local group. Against state and district results, however, the school is stronger: ELA was 6 points above the state and 11 above the district, Science was 12 and 15 points higher, and Math was about level with the state and 8 points above the district. Results also vary sharply by grade: fourth-grade ELA was 75%, compared with 50% statewide, while fifth-grade ELA was 37%, 14 points below the state.
Results have improved since 2022–23: ELA rose 21 percentage points, Math 9 and Science 20. But the latest year brought a 13-point Science decline, while ELA slipped 2 points and Math rose 1. SchoolDigger ranks the school 350th of 657 statewide, at the 47th percentile with 2 stars; its percentile has recovered from 28 in 2022–23 but fell from 59 the previous year. The student-teacher ratio is 12.3, close to the nearby average of 12.4, and the free/reduced-lunch rate is 61%, the second-highest in the local group. Chronic absenteeism is another concern: 20% of students were chronically absent, versus 18% statewide and a 10% nearby-school average, though the school’s rate improved from 25.6% in 2022–23. SchoolDigger’s statewide measure of how well the school serves Hispanic students is at the 69th percentile, compared with 47th overall; its measure for students with low socioeconomic status fell from the 73rd percentile in 2024–25 to the 46th in 2025–26.
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