Summary
St Francis Elementary serves 133 students in prekindergarten through grade 5 in Saint Francis, Kansas; the supplied comparison includes one nearby school, Cheylin Elementary. The clearest concern is science: just 3% of St Francis students were proficient in 2025–26, compared with 25% in St Francis Community School, 38% statewide, and 27% at Cheylin.
Mathematics is St Francis’s strongest subject relative to the comparison groups, though its overall result is still behind them: 33% were proficient, versus 41% in the district and state and 43% at Cheylin. Third-grade math stands out positively at 47%, above the state’s 43% and Cheylin’s 30%; fourth-grade math, at 15%, is well below the state’s 44% and Cheylin’s 36%. ELA is also weak: 28% were proficient overall, compared with 46% statewide and 51% at Cheylin. In fourth and fifth grade, St Francis trailed Cheylin by 13 and 22 percentage points, respectively.
Results have declined since 2022–23 even as state results rose: St Francis fell 10 percentage points in ELA, 8 in math, and 44 in science, while state results gained 13, 10, and 7 points, respectively. SchoolDigger’s statewide standing also dropped from the 51st percentile in 2022–23 to the 14th percentile in 2025–26; its latest ranking is 567th of 657 schools, with 1 star. SchoolDigger’s measure of how well the school serves female students fell from the 76th percentile in 2020–21 to the 27th in 2025–26; for male students, it fell from the 76th to the 5th percentile. St Francis’s student–teacher ratio is 12.5, compared with 9.6 at Cheylin, while its free/reduced-lunch rate is lower: 47% versus 52%. Chronic absenteeism is another relative bright spot at 12%, below the state’s 18% and district’s 29%, though above Cheylin’s 8%. Only one nearby school is included, so this comparison does not represent a broader local average.
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