Macksville High

Macksville High serves 81 students in grades 7–12 in Macksville, Kansas, near Larned Senior High and St John High. SchoolDigger ranks it 157th of 340 Kansas schools, at the 54th percentile and with 3 stars. Its latest all-grades results show progress, but the most important finding is that proficiency remains below the state in all three subjects: 34% in English language arts (ELA), 32% in math, and 29% in science, compared with 46%, 41%, and 38% statewide.

Math is the school’s strongest subject relative to its district, the state, and nearby schools, while ELA is its largest relative weakness against the district and state. Math is 6 points below the Macksville district and 9 points below the state; ELA is 10 and 12 points below, respectively. Compared with the nearby schools’ average, Macksville is behind by 8 points in ELA, 5 in math, and 7 in science. Its math score is 2 points higher than Larned’s but 11 points lower than St John’s. Eighth-grade math and science are particular weak spots, at 24% proficiency in each; in contrast, tenth-grade math is nearly level with the state, at 36% versus 37%.

Scores have improved over the longer term: ELA rose from 14% in 2022–23 to 34% in 2025–26, and math from 11% to 32%. Science reached 43% in 2024–25 before falling to 29%. SchoolDigger’s overall percentile jumped from 14 in 2024–25 to 54 in 2025–26, though it remains below the school’s peak of 86 in 2018–19. Macksville has the lowest student–teacher ratio among the three schools, at 6.3 compared with 9.3 at Larned and 9.5 at St John; its free/reduced-lunch rate is higher, at 72% versus 45% and 42%. SchoolDigger’s 2025–26 statewide rankings also place students from low socioeconomic status backgrounds at the 87th percentile and Hispanic students at the 85th, compared with the school’s overall 54th percentile. Enrollment is small, and Larned serves grades 9–12 rather than grades 7–12, so subgroup rankings may reflect small groups and all-grades comparisons do not cover identical grade spans.