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Schwegler Elementary

Public Grades K-5
478th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 657 Kansas Elementary Schools
Better than 27% of Kansas elementary schools
Summary

Schwegler Elementary serves 434 students in kindergarten through fifth grade in Lawrence, Kansas, in the Lawrence district. The most important concern is that current proficiency is below state and district results in all three tested subjects, with math the clearest weakness: 29% of students were proficient, compared with 41% statewide and 45% in the district.

Among nearby schools, ELA is Schwegler’s strongest subject, though its 45% proficiency rate is about 1 point below the state and ranks 8th of 11; nearby schools averaged 54%. Math is its weakest: Schwegler ranks 10th of 11, against a nearby average of 45%. Science proficiency was 35%, about 4 points below the state and 9 points below the district, ranking 9th of 11 nearby schools. Attendance is also a concern: chronic absenteeism was 28%, higher than the district’s 27%, the state’s 18%, and every nearby school’s rate.

Results have weakened relative to the state over four years: Schwegler’s ELA proficiency changed from 47% to 45%, math from 47% to 29%, and science from 43% to 35% between 2022–2023 and 2025–2026. SchoolDigger’s overall statewide percentile fell from 66 to 27; its latest rank was 478 of 657 schools, with one star. Context for families includes a student-teacher ratio of 13.9, below the nearby average of 14.6, and a free/reduced-lunch rate of 62%, the second highest among nearby schools. SchoolDigger’s subgroup rankings show a notably stronger relative standing for English Language Learner Students: the group ranked at the 67th percentile in 2025–2026, compared with 27th overall. Its latest Multi-racial Students ranking was much lower, at the 11th percentile in 2024–2025, down from the 60th percentile in 2022–2023.

434
Students ?
13.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
$12,711
Per pupil spending ?
61.5%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 2201 Ousdahl Rd
       Lawrence, KS  66046-2757

(785) 832-5860

District: Lawrence


Students who attend Schwegler Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Billy Mills Middle School
High:    Lawrence High
Racial breakdown:

White:
43.5%
Hispanic:
27.6%
Two or more races:
15.2%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 40th percentile in 2016 → 27th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Kansas average (36% vs 42% meeting standards)
!High chronic absenteeism (28% vs 18% Kansas)
!Ranking has slipped — down 13 percentile points since 2016
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school36%
District avg46%
Kansas avg42%
478th of 657
Kansas public elementary schools ?
Bottom 27%▼ down 13 pts since 2016
From bottom 40% (2016) to bottom 27% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
8th of 11Elementary Schools in the Lawrence
115th of 268Lawrence 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
202632.4478 of 65727.2%★☆☆☆☆
202534.6456 of 65630.5%★★☆☆☆
202441.2406 of 65337.8%★★☆☆☆
202360.6227 of 66065.6%★★★☆☆
202230.3491 of 66826.5%★☆☆☆☆
202133.4462 of 67031.0%★★☆☆☆
201950.6329 of 66750.7%★★★☆☆
201847.3357 of 65645.6%★★☆☆☆
201743.4391 of 65940.7%★★☆☆☆
201643.5395 of 65639.8%★★☆☆☆
201546.3392 of 67842.2%★★☆☆☆
201366.4258 of 66861.4%★★★☆☆
201263.0296 of 66055.2%★★★☆☆
201157.3338 of 63146.4%★★☆☆☆
201026.8539 of 63014.4%★☆☆☆☆
200924.6532 of 62114.3%★☆☆☆☆
200845.6416 of 61432.2%★★☆☆☆
200759.7284 of 60052.7%★★★☆☆
200660.6266 of 58554.5%★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202653.742 of 12666.7%★★★☆☆
202537.091 of 12929.5%★★☆☆☆
202443.071 of 12442.7%★★☆☆☆
201966.426 of 12278.7%★★★★☆
201858.038 of 12970.5%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202627.3451 of 58522.9%★☆☆☆☆
202142.5359 of 59139.3%★★☆☆☆
201957.8247 of 59158.2%★★★☆☆
201843.1344 of 57440.1%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202634.6188 of 26930.1%★★☆☆☆
202540.9155 of 26240.8%★★☆☆☆
202442.4148 of 26043.1%★★☆☆☆
202376.934 of 24586.1%★★★★☆
202252.799 of 25461.0%★★★☆☆
201933.8169 of 23528.1%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202625.1453 of 54617.0%★☆☆☆☆
202523.4457 of 53314.3%★☆☆☆☆
202435.3386 of 54629.3%★☆☆☆☆
202351.6245 of 54154.7%★★★☆☆
202227.4422 of 51217.6%★☆☆☆☆
202124.9416 of 49415.8%★☆☆☆☆
201954.8207 of 50959.3%★★★☆☆
201836.3374 of 51227.0%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202644.8344 of 59442.1%★★☆☆☆
202124.7484 of 60520.0%★☆☆☆☆
201944.5327 of 58644.2%★★☆☆☆
201853.1266 of 57553.7%★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202515.731 of 3511.4%★☆☆☆☆
202439.925 of 4139.0%★★☆☆☆
202349.512 of 3060.0%★★★☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202622.9259 of 31818.6%★☆☆☆☆
202527.5236 of 31324.6%★☆☆☆☆
202427.4229 of 30625.2%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202649.9288 of 57650.0%★★★☆☆
202568.9145 of 57674.8%★★★★☆
202467.2151 of 57973.9%★★★★☆
202379.783 of 58485.8%★★★★☆
202253.7267 of 59655.2%★★★☆☆
202137.9393 of 58733.0%★★☆☆☆
201961.3206 of 59265.2%★★★☆☆
201862.3198 of 57465.5%★★★☆☆
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)
English Language Learner (2026)67th percentile+39 vs school
White (2026)50th percentile+23 vs school
Male (2026)42nd percentile+15 vs school
Hispanic (2026)30th percentile+3 vs school
Female (2026)23rd percentile-4 vs school
Special Education (2026)19th percentile-9 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)17th percentile-10 vs school
Multi-racial (2025)11th percentile-19 vs school
By subject vs Kansas (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts45%~ state avg
Science35%-4 vs state
Mathematics29%-12 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 434 students attended Schwegler Elementary.

Schwegler Elementary ranks 478th of 657 Kansas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students at Schwegler Elementary are 44% White, 28% Hispanic, 15% Two or more races, 7% African American, 4% American Indian, 2% Asian.

Students who attend Schwegler Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Billy Mills Middle School
High : Lawrence 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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