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Ross Elementary School

Public Grades K-5
527th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 657 Kansas Elementary Schools
Better than 20% of Kansas elementary schools
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.

502
Students ?
17.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$11,897
Per pupil spending ?
67.9%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 3001 6th Avenue
       Dodge City, KS  67801

(620) 471-2103

District: Dodge City


Students who attend Ross Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Comanche Middle School
    Dodge City Middle School
High:    Dodge City High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
64.9%
White:
30.7%
Two or more races:
2.6%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 27th percentile in 2016 → 20th in 2026
Strengths
✓Among the top-ranked schools in Dodge City
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Kansas average (33% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (20th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 7 percentile points since 2016
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school33%
District avg23%
Kansas avg42%
527th of 657
Kansas public elementary schools ?
Bottom 20%▼ down 7 pts since 2016
From bottom 27% (2016) to bottom 20% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
2nd of 8Elementary Schools in the Dodge City
263rd of 268Dodge 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202623.8527 of 65719.8%★☆☆☆☆
202521.0542 of 65617.4%★☆☆☆☆
202423.1528 of 65319.1%★☆☆☆☆
202322.7534 of 66019.1%★☆☆☆☆
202223.5542 of 66818.9%★☆☆☆☆
202126.8526 of 67021.5%★☆☆☆☆
201923.7541 of 66718.9%★☆☆☆☆
201826.3518 of 65621.0%★☆☆☆☆
201725.0529 of 65919.7%★☆☆☆☆
201632.2477 of 65627.3%★☆☆☆☆
201520.4585 of 67813.7%★☆☆☆☆
201318.3584 of 66812.6%★☆☆☆☆
201242.6488 of 66026.1%★☆☆☆☆
201126.3547 of 63113.3%★☆☆☆☆
201027.5534 of 63015.2%★☆☆☆☆
20099.6590 of 6215.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202125.8172 of 21419.6%★☆☆☆☆
201919.2178 of 1937.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201834.697 of 14030.7%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202642.267 of 12646.8%★★☆☆☆
202548.459 of 12954.3%★★★☆☆
202454.234 of 12472.6%★★★★☆
202359.928 of 11776.1%★★★★☆
202248.753 of 11754.7%★★★☆☆
202149.341 of 10862.0%★★★☆☆
201947.054 of 12255.7%★★★☆☆
201849.648 of 12962.8%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202623.6466 of 58520.3%★☆☆☆☆
202128.9441 of 59125.4%★☆☆☆☆
201926.0461 of 59122.0%★☆☆☆☆
201829.3442 of 57423.0%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202634.1190 of 26929.4%★☆☆☆☆
202538.9166 of 26236.6%★★☆☆☆
202437.9176 of 26032.3%★★☆☆☆
202336.1173 of 24529.4%★★☆☆☆
202242.7151 of 25440.6%★★☆☆☆
202146.8115 of 22949.8%★★★☆☆
201939.9148 of 23537.0%★★☆☆☆
201842.1120 of 20742.0%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202624.7456 of 54616.5%★☆☆☆☆
202523.0461 of 53313.5%★☆☆☆☆
202425.6456 of 54616.5%★☆☆☆☆
202325.4455 of 54115.9%★☆☆☆☆
202228.5413 of 51219.3%★☆☆☆☆
202134.0367 of 49425.7%★☆☆☆☆
201927.9414 of 50918.7%★☆☆☆☆
201826.4422 of 51217.6%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202628.5459 of 59422.7%★☆☆☆☆
202127.9468 of 60522.6%★☆☆☆☆
201925.2466 of 58620.5%★☆☆☆☆
201828.3446 of 57522.4%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202617.5287 of 3189.7%★☆☆☆☆
202525.1247 of 31321.1%★☆☆☆☆
202419.0276 of 3069.8%★☆☆☆☆
202328.9226 of 29623.6%★☆☆☆☆
202227.6234 of 30523.3%★☆☆☆☆
202125.8172 of 21419.6%★☆☆☆☆
201919.2178 of 1937.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201834.697 of 14030.7%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202645.3329 of 57642.9%★★☆☆☆
202529.0459 of 57620.3%★☆☆☆☆
202439.2377 of 57934.9%★★☆☆☆
202338.3385 of 58434.1%★★☆☆☆
202231.9451 of 59624.3%★☆☆☆☆
202132.5430 of 58726.7%★☆☆☆☆
201933.4436 of 59226.4%★☆☆☆☆
201840.8372 of 57435.2%★★☆☆☆
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)47th percentile+27 vs school
White (2026)43rd percentile+23 vs school
Hispanic (2026)29th percentile+10 vs school
Male (2026)23rd percentile+3 vs school
Female (2026)20th percentile~ school
Disabled (2021)20th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)16th percentile-3 vs school
Special Education (2026)10th percentile-10 vs school
By subject vs Kansas (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts38%-8 vs state
Science32%-6 vs state
Mathematics28%-13 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Ross Elementary School

Students who attend Ross Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Comanche Middle School
Middle : Dodge City Middle School
High : Dodge City High School

Students at Ross Elementary School are 65% Hispanic, 31% White, 3% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 502 students attended Ross Elementary School.

Ross Elementary School ranks in the bottom 19.8% of Kansas elementary schools.

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Latest Kansas data All new data »
2025–26 attendance dataOct 13, 2026
2025–26 KAP test scoresOct 13, 2026
2023–24 school spending dataJan 8, 2026
2024–25 dropout ratesDec 4, 2025


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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