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Dighton Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-6
219th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 657 Kansas Elementary Schools
Better than 67% of Kansas elementary schools
Summary

Dighton Elementary serves 139 students in prekindergarten through grade 6 in Dighton, Kansas. Its clearest strength is mathematics: 75% of students are proficient, compared with 58% in the Dighton district and 41% statewide—about 18 and 34 percentage points higher, respectively.

Math is the school’s strongest subject against both district and state results; science is also above both benchmarks, at 39% proficient compared with 33% in the district and 38% statewide. ELA is the relative weakness: 46% are proficient, roughly level with the state but 3 points below the district. There are no other schools within 20 miles, and no nearby-school records were supplied for direct comparisons.

ELA proficiency has declined from 55% in 2022–23 to 46% in 2025–26, after reaching 60% in 2023–24; science has also varied, peaking at 58% in 2023–24 before falling to 39%. SchoolDigger ranks the school 219th of 657 statewide, at the 67th percentile with 3 stars, down 7 percentile points from the previous year and 18 from its 2021–22 high. The student–teacher ratio fell from 19.7 in 2022–23 to 10.6 in 2024–25, while the free/reduced-lunch rate was 49% in 2024–25, compared with 46% in 2022–23. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for Low Socio Economic Status Students rose to the 86th percentile in 2025–26, 19 points above the school’s overall percentile and up 32 points from the previous year—a notable rebound in how well the school serves this group.

139
Students ?
10.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$19,558
Per pupil spending ?
48.9%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 320 E James
       Dighton, KS  67839-1029

(620) 397-5319

District: Dighton


Students who attend Dighton Elementary usually attend:

High:    Dighton High
Racial breakdown:

White:
88.5%
Hispanic:
10.1%
American Indian:
0.7%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 74th percentile in 2016 → 67th in 2026
Strengths
✓Test scores above the Kansas average (53% vs 42% meeting standards)
✓Above the Kansas median (67th percentile)
✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Ranking has slipped — down 7 percentile points since 2016
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school53%
District avg47%
Kansas avg42%
219th of 657
Kansas public elementary schools ?
Top 33%▼ down 7 pts since 2016
From top 26% (2016) to top 33% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of Kansas Elementary Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
73rd of 268Dighton 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202664.0219 of 65766.7%★★★☆☆
202569.1173 of 65673.6%★★★★☆
202474.6125 of 65380.9%★★★★☆
202375.2125 of 66081.1%★★★★☆
202279.6101 of 66884.9%★★★★☆
202148.8351 of 67047.6%★★☆☆☆
201954.9285 of 66757.3%★★★☆☆
201860.6234 of 65664.3%★★★☆☆
201783.480 of 65987.9%★★★★☆
201670.3171 of 65673.9%★★★★☆
201551.6336 of 67850.4%★★★☆☆
201362.2309 of 66853.7%★★★☆☆
201267.3230 of 66065.2%★★★☆☆
201164.4255 of 63159.6%★★★☆☆
201076.298 of 63084.4%★★★★☆
200981.716 of 62197.4%★★★★★
200886.49 of 61498.5%★★★★★
200768.9197 of 60067.2%★★★☆☆
200678.679 of 58586.5%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202680.591 of 58584.4%★★★★☆
201948.5313 of 59147.0%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202675.276 of 54686.1%★★★★☆
202552.3244 of 53354.2%★★★☆☆
202486.626 of 54695.2%★★★★★
202393.79 of 54198.3%★★★★★
202290.616 of 51296.9%★★★★★

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202152.5279 of 60553.9%★★★☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202656.6241 of 57658.2%★★★☆☆
202563.2193 of 57666.5%★★★☆☆
202465.3164 of 57971.7%★★★★☆
202368.1145 of 58475.2%★★★★☆
202276.6101 of 59683.1%★★★★☆
202161.7201 of 58765.8%★★★☆☆
201953.3263 of 59255.6%★★★☆☆
201855.5244 of 57457.5%★★★☆☆
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)
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)86th percentile+19 vs school
Female (2026)84th percentile+18 vs school
White (2026)58th percentile-9 vs school
Male (2021)54th percentile+6 vs school
By subject vs Kansas (2025-2026) ?
Mathematics75%+34 vs state
English Language Arts46%~ state avg
Science39%~ state avg

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Students who attend Dighton Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Dighton High

Dighton Elementary ranks 219th of 657 Kansas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 139 students attended Dighton Elementary.

Students at Dighton Elementary are 88% White, 10% Hispanic.

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2024–25 school spending dataNewNov 2, 2026
2024–25 graduation ratesNewNov 1, 2026
2025–26 attendance dataOct 13, 2026
2025–26 KAP test scoresOct 13, 2026


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.

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