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School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				KAP English Language Arts (2026)				KAP Mathematics (2026)				KAP Science (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Distance	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	KAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	KAP English Language Arts All Grades	KAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	KAP Mathematics 4th Grade	KAP Mathematics 5th Grade	KAP Mathematics All Grades	KAP Science 5th Grade	KAP Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Cottonwood Elementary School	0.0mi	Public	K-5	1100 W. 11th	Liberal	67905	Seward County	Liberal	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 604-2700	500	34	14.9	89.2%	41 (8.2%)	4 (0.8%)	439 (87.8%)	7 (1.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.4%)	13.1	586^th of 657 public elementary schools	10.8%		9.9	612^th of 656 public elementary schools	6.7%	26	22.1	23.4	31.1	25.3	20.0	24.0	25.3	23.1	32.0	32.0	$13,206	$1,388	$11,818
MacArthur Elementary School	0.9mi	Public	K-5	925 South Holly	Liberal	67905	Seward County	Liberal	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 604-1700	386	29	13.3	80.1%	60 (15.5%)	6 (1.6%)	303 (78.5%)	8 (2.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	16.2	570^th of 657 public elementary schools	13.2%		19.9	551^st of 656 public elementary schools	16.0%	19	35.1	32.7	32.0	33.3	28.4	32.1	18.7	25.8	17.3	17.3	$13,901	$1,954	$11,948
Meadowlark Elementary School	1.2mi	Public	K-5	1200 N Calvert	Liberal	67905	Seward County	Liberal	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 604-2100	362	27	13.4	97.5%	16 (4.4%)	7 (1.9%)	329 (90.9%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.7%)	6	636^th of 657 public elementary schools	3.2%		3.4	654^th of 656 public elementary schools	0.3%	18	26.1	23.5	16.4	22.3	12.3	16.2	14.5	14.4	16.4	16.4	$14,124	$1,536	$12,588
Sunflower Elementary School	1.8mi	Public	PK, KG-5	310 W. Pine	Liberal	67905	Seward County	Liberal	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 604-2800	570	25	23.2	87.2%	45 (7.9%)	8 (1.4%)	499 (87.5%)	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.9%)	23.7	528^th of 657 public elementary schools	19.6%		14.7	582^nd of 656 public elementary schools	11.3%	54	35.1	44.9	41.3	40.1	22.8	30.0	29.8	27.3	28.9	28.9	$12,276	$1,237	$11,039
Prairie View Elementary School	1.9mi	Public	K-5	615 Warren Avenue	Liberal	67905	Seward County	Liberal	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 604-1800	426	32	13.3	88.3%	23 (5.4%)	4 (0.9%)	393 (92.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	9.8	610^th of 657 public elementary schools	7.2%		8.3	619^th of 656 public elementary schools	5.6%	9	28.3	34.8	31.6	31.7	11.7	20.9	12.3	15.2	14.0	14.0	$14,175	$1,310	$12,866
Kismet Elementary	16.8mi	Public	PK, KG-2	505 Kansas Avenue	Kismet	67859	Seward County	Kismet-Plains	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 563-7248	152	14	11.2	79.6%	47 (30.9%)	1 (0.7%)	103 (67.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)								(n/a)											$17,279	$917	$16,361

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