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Noble Prentis Elementary

Public Grades K-5
654th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 657 Kansas Elementary Schools
Better than 0% of Kansas elementary schools
Summary

Noble Prentis Elementary serves 193 students in grades K–5 in Kansas City, Kansas. In 2025–26, 11% of students were proficient in English language arts (ELA), 10% in math, and 8% in science—below both district and state rates in every subject. SchoolDigger ranked the school 654th of 657 statewide, at the 0th percentile with 0 stars. The clearest concern is its standing among nearby schools: it had the lowest ELA and math results and the second-lowest science result.

Science is the school’s strongest subject relative to nearby schools, while ELA is its clearest weakness. Nearby-school averages were 44% in ELA, 39% in math, and 32% in science, putting Noble Prentis 33, 29, and 24 percentage points below those averages, respectively. Its science result was 8%, just above John Fiske Elementary at 8%; in ELA, the state rate was 46% versus 11% at Noble Prentis, and in math it was 41% versus 10%. The school also trailed the Kansas City district by 11 points in ELA, 5 in math, and 6 in science. Grade-level results highlight particular concerns: fourth-grade ELA was 9%, the lowest nearby result, and fifth-grade math was 4%, tied for the lowest.

Over four years, the school’s results changed little overall in ELA and math, while science declined: ELA rose by just 0 points, math by 2 points, and science fell by 7 points from 2022–23 to 2025–26. Meanwhile, state proficiency rates rose in all three subjects, widening Noble Prentis’s gaps. SchoolDigger’s overall percentile fell from 11 in 2020–21 to 0 in 2025–26. Context includes a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11.7 and a high free/reduced-lunch rate of 92%; neither alone explains test results. Chronic absenteeism improved from 38% to 24%, though it remained above the state’s 18%. SchoolDigger’s 2021–22 Special Education ranking was notably stronger than its overall standing: 125th of 305, at the 59th percentile with 3 stars, compared with the school’s overall 5th percentile that year. Its English Language Learner percentile later fell from 15 in 2023–24 to 2 in 2025–26.

193
Students ?
11.7
Student/teacher ratio ?
$20,354
Per pupil spending ?
91.7%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 2337 S 14th Street
       Kansas City, KS  66103-1503

(913) 627-5250

District: Kansas City


Students who attend Noble Prentis Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Argentine Middle
High:    J C Harmon High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
54.9%
White:
22.3%
African American:
14.5%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 25th percentile in 2016 → <1st in 2026
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Kansas average (10% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (<1st percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 25 percentile points since 2016
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school10%
District avg18%
Kansas avg42%
654th of 657
Kansas public elementary schools ?
Bottom 1%▼ down 24 pts since 2016
From bottom 25% (2016) to bottom 1% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
27th of 28Elementary Schools in the Kansas City
264th of 268Kansas 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)
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
20262.9654 of 6570.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20254.9646 of 6561.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.8621 of 6534.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.1641 of 6602.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.9637 of 6684.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202114.0598 of 67010.7%★☆☆☆☆
201916.8578 of 66713.3%★☆☆☆☆
201812.1591 of 6569.9%★☆☆☆☆
201711.9607 of 6597.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201629.2495 of 65624.5%★☆☆☆☆
201520.5584 of 67813.9%★☆☆☆☆
201310.7617 of 6687.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20127.6630 of 6604.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201118.3571 of 6319.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20107.6599 of 6304.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20098.8593 of 6214.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20082.9597 of 6142.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20075.5575 of 6004.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20065.0568 of 5852.9%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202619.1123 of 1262.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202522.0125 of 1293.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202429.2105 of 12415.3%★☆☆☆☆
202321.4113 of 1173.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202225.699 of 11715.4%★☆☆☆☆
202128.791 of 10815.7%★☆☆☆☆
201966.925 of 12279.5%★★★★☆
201840.272 of 12944.2%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
20265.2580 of 5850.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202115.5520 of 59112.0%★☆☆☆☆
201917.4513 of 59113.2%★☆☆☆☆
201813.5521 of 5749.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202610.3267 of 2690.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202519.2247 of 2625.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202419.0243 of 2606.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.6244 of 2450.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202221.6230 of 2549.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202132.9171 of 22925.3%★☆☆☆☆
201949.6105 of 23555.3%★★★☆☆
201839.5130 of 20737.2%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
20266.0545 of 5460.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.7516 of 5333.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202419.1491 of 54610.1%★☆☆☆☆
202311.9521 of 5413.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202219.3462 of 5129.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202127.3406 of 49417.8%★☆☆☆☆
201929.2405 of 50920.4%★☆☆☆☆
201819.4458 of 51210.5%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
20263.1592 of 5940.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202117.2527 of 60512.9%★☆☆☆☆
201920.3497 of 58615.2%★☆☆☆☆
201815.0513 of 57510.8%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202252.4125 of 30559.0%★★★☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
20246.4573 of 5791.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.4572 of 5842.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20222.5596 of 5960.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.6571 of 5872.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.9549 of 5927.3%☆☆☆☆☆
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 (2022)59th percentile+54 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)2nd percentile~ school
White (2024)1st percentile-4 vs school
Female (2026)1st percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)1st percentile~ school
Male (2026)<1st percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)<1st percentile~ school
By subject vs Kansas (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts11%-34 vs state
Mathematics10%-31 vs state
Science8%-30 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Noble Prentis Elementary

In the 2024-25 school year, 193 students attended Noble Prentis Elementary.

Students at Noble Prentis Elementary are 55% Hispanic, 22% White, 15% African American, 5% Pacific Islander, 3% Two or more races.

Noble Prentis Elementary ranks in the bottom 0.5% of Kansas elementary schools.

Students who attend Noble Prentis Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Argentine Middle
High : J C Harmon High

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Latest Kansas data All new data »
2025–26 attendance dataNewOct 13, 2026
2025–26 KAP test scoresNewOct 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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