Summary
Ross Elementary School serves 502 students in kindergarten through fifth grade in Dodge City, Kansas. In 2025–26, its proficiency rates were higher than the Dodge City district averages in English language arts (ELA), math and science, but lower than Kansas averages in all three. The clearest concern is fifth grade: students’ proficiency was 29% in ELA and 20% in math, respectively 22 and 26 percentage points below state rates.
Compared with nearby schools, Ross is strongest in ELA and has a much smaller edge in math and science. Its rates—38% in ELA, 28% in math and 32% in science—were above the nearby-school averages of 32%, 28% and 31%; Ross ranked fourth of nine nearby schools in ELA and math, and fifth in science. It exceeded district averages by 13 points in ELA, 7 in math and 10 in science. Against the state, science is its strongest subject, 6 points below the average; ELA is 8 points behind and math 13 points behind. Ross’s fifth-grade results also ranked fifth of 10 nearby schools in ELA and sixth in math.
Results over time show progress in ELA and science, but little movement in math. From 2022–23 to 2025–26, ELA rose 13 points, from 25% to 38%, while math was essentially flat at 28%; science gained 15 points, from 17% to 32%, after peaking at 35% and then slipping 3 points. The math gap with the state widened from 3 to 13 points, while the science gap narrowed from 14 to 6 points. SchoolDigger ranks Ross at the 20th statewide percentile, with 1 star and a rank of 527 out of 657—low statewide, but higher than six of the seven other Dodge City schools in the comparison. Its percentile has stayed within a narrow range, from 17 to 20 in recent years. Ross’s student-teacher ratio was 17.6, below the nearby-school average of 19.8, and its free/reduced-lunch rate was 68%, below the nearby average of 78%; these are comparisons, not explanations for test results. SchoolDigger’s measure of how well Ross serves English Language Learner students ranked at the 47th percentile, down from the 73rd percentile in 2023–24; its measure for White students was at the 43rd percentile, up from 20 in 2024–25.
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