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Jayhawk Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-6
349th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 657 Kansas Elementary Schools
Better than 47% of Kansas elementary schools
Summary

Jayhawk Elementary in Mound City, Kansas, serves 311 students in pre-K through grade 6 and is the largest of four nearby schools; its most urgent current concern is chronic absenteeism, at 30% in 2025–26—higher than the state’s 18% and every nearby school’s rate of 19% or less.

Jayhawk’s clearest academic strength is ELA: 52% of students were proficient, compared with 46% statewide, 44% in the Jayhawk district and a 45% nearby-school average; Jayhawk led the nearby schools. Science is the clearest weakness: 30% were proficient, 8 points below the state and 10 below the nearby-school average, though above the district’s 26%. Math was 44% proficient—above the state’s 41% and the district’s 39%, but just below the nearby-school average. Results also vary by grade: sixth-grade ELA and math were both about 60% proficient, while fourth- and fifth-grade math were about 37% in each grade, the lowest nearby results at those grades.

Results have shifted over time: ELA rose from 40% in 2022–23 to 52% in 2025–26, while math fell from 49% to 44% and science dropped from 51% in 2024–25 to 30% in 2025–26. SchoolDigger placed Jayhawk at the 47th percentile with 2 stars, down 15 percentile points from the prior year; it ranked second among the four nearby schools. Its student-teacher ratio was 12.3 in 2024–25, and its 59% free/reduced-lunch rate is a contextual measure, not an explanation for results. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for White students was at the 29th percentile in 2025–26, compared with the school’s overall 47th percentile, and had fallen from the 52nd percentile the year before. The ranking for Special Education Students rose from the 39th percentile in 2023–24 to the 64th in 2024–25, a notable improvement while the school’s overall ranking moved from the 59th to the 62nd percentile.

311
Students ?
12.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$15,615
Per pupil spending ?
59.5%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 415 S 6th St
       Mound City, KS  66056-0305

(913) 795-2519

District: Jayhawk


Students who attend Jayhawk Elementary usually attend:

High:    Jayhawk-Linn High
Racial breakdown:

White:
88.7%
Hispanic:
3.5%
Two or more races:
3.5%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 78th percentile in 2016 → 47th in 2026
Worth a look
!High chronic absenteeism (30% vs 18% Kansas)
!Ranking has slipped — down 31 percentile points since 2016
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school42%
District avg36%
Kansas avg42%
349th of 657
Kansas public elementary schools ?
Bottom 47%▼ down 31 pts since 2016
From top 22% (2016) to bottom 47% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
208th of 268Jayhawk 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
202648.3349 of 65746.9%★★☆☆☆
202560.7249 of 65662.0%★★★☆☆
202457.1269 of 65358.8%★★★☆☆
202361.0220 of 66066.7%★★★☆☆
202262.9217 of 66867.5%★★★☆☆
202152.5314 of 67053.1%★★★☆☆
201955.2282 of 66757.7%★★★☆☆
201871.7151 of 65677.0%★★★★☆
201768.2179 of 65972.8%★★★★☆
201674.0145 of 65677.9%★★★★☆
201571.9151 of 67877.7%★★★★☆
201351.8409 of 66838.8%★★☆☆☆
201259.4340 of 66048.5%★★☆☆☆
201140.8465 of 63126.3%★☆☆☆☆
201040.7465 of 63026.2%★☆☆☆☆
200955.4342 of 62144.9%★★☆☆☆
200832.5489 of 61420.4%★☆☆☆☆
200736.3461 of 60023.2%★☆☆☆☆
200632.4461 of 58521.2%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202143.7123 of 21442.5%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202652.3281 of 58552.0%★★★☆☆
202151.6293 of 59150.4%★★★☆☆
201952.6284 of 59151.9%★★★☆☆
201865.2182 of 57468.3%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202652.6249 of 54654.4%★★★☆☆
202568.7132 of 53375.2%★★★★☆
202462.2180 of 54667.0%★★★☆☆
202365.8136 of 54174.9%★★★★☆
202271.674 of 51285.5%★★★★☆
202164.3131 of 49473.5%★★★★☆
201969.999 of 50980.6%★★★★☆
201884.322 of 51295.7%★★★★★

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202648.4314 of 59447.1%★★☆☆☆
202153.7270 of 60555.4%★★★☆☆
201958.3218 of 58662.8%★★★☆☆
201870.9133 of 57576.9%★★★★☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202555.3114 of 31363.6%★★★☆☆
202436.1188 of 30638.6%★★☆☆☆
202340.9182 of 29638.5%★★☆☆☆
202252.6123 of 30559.7%★★★☆☆
202143.7123 of 21442.5%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202636.1409 of 57629.0%★☆☆☆☆
202552.5274 of 57652.4%★★★☆☆
202447.0311 of 57946.3%★★☆☆☆
202352.4266 of 58454.5%★★★☆☆
202256.5241 of 59659.6%★★★☆☆
202140.8370 of 58737.0%★★☆☆☆
201941.7358 of 59239.5%★★☆☆☆
201864.5179 of 57468.8%★★★☆☆
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)
Special Education (2025)64th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)54th percentile+8 vs school
Female (2026)52nd percentile+5 vs school
Male (2026)47th percentile~ school
Disabled (2021)43rd percentile-11 vs school
White (2026)29th percentile-18 vs school
By subject vs Kansas (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts52%+6 vs state
Mathematics44%+3 vs state
Science30%-8 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 311 students attended Jayhawk Elementary.

Jayhawk Elementary ranks 349th of 657 Kansas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Jayhawk Elementary are 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 2% African American, 2% American Indian.

Students who attend Jayhawk Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Jayhawk-Linn High

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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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