Summary
Northview Elementary serves 364 students in kindergarten through fifth grade in Manhattan, Kansas, as part of the Manhattan-Ogden district. Its overall picture is mixed: 2025–26 proficiency was above Kansas rates in English language arts (ELA), math and science, but below the district and nearby-school averages in all three subjects. The clearest concern is science, where Northview was 15 percentage points below the nearby-school average and ranked last among the nearby schools with results.
Math is the school’s strongest subject in comparison with local alternatives: Northview scored 44%, versus 47% at nearby schools, 49% in the district and 41% statewide. Its ELA score was 49%, below the nearby average of 57% and district’s 53%, but above the state’s 46%. Science was 40%, compared with 55% nearby, 47% in the district and 38% statewide. Northview was second-lowest among 10 nearby schools in both ELA and math, and lowest in science. Fifth-grade math is a bright spot: its 58% was fourth-highest among 10 schools with results, 2 points above the district and 13 above the state. By contrast, fifth-grade science was 40%, 14 points below the district and lower than every nearby school with a result.
Results have risen overall since 2022–23, though not steadily: ELA increased 14 points to 49%, math rose 17 points to 44%, and science gained 6 points to 40%. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking improved from the 24th percentile and 1 star in 2024–25 to the 45th percentile and 2 stars in 2025–26, but Northview remains third-lowest among the 11 schools compared. Its student-teacher ratio is 12.7, below the nearby average of 14. Its free/reduced-lunch rate is 73%, compared with a nearby-school average of 46%; this is context, not an explanation of test results. One notable group result is Hispanic students’ SchoolDigger standing: the 91st percentile in 2025–26, compared with the school’s overall 45th percentile. Proficiency figures cover tested grades 3–5 and do not show results for kindergarten through grade 2.
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