Summary:
ZIP code 66083 has four elementary schools in the Spring Hill district: Spring Hill Elementary School, Wolf Creek Elementary School, and Dayton Creek Elementary School serve PK–5, while Kansas Virtual Academy (KSVA) serves K–6. The three non-virtual schools are above state results in all three all-grades subjects, while KSVA is below the other schools and the state in each one. The clearest difference for families comparing these schools is KSVA’s substantial proficiency gap from the other three.
Dayton Creek leads the all-grades results, with 67% proficient in ELA, 63% in math, and 76% in science; its science result is 17 points above the next-highest school. Wolf Creek is nearly tied with Dayton Creek in ELA at 67%, and leads the grade 3 results in both ELA and math. Spring Hill Elementary is above the state in all subjects. At the other end, KSVA’s all-grades results are 34% in ELA, 11% in math, and 24% in science—31, 49, and 36 points below the average of the other three schools, respectively. The grade 4 math results also show a similar gap: KSVA has 12% proficient, compared with 56% to 73% at the other schools.
Recent results vary by school and subject rather than moving in one direction. From the prior year, Spring Hill’s science proficiency rose 14 points, while Wolf Creek’s fell 18; Dayton Creek’s rose 6, and KSVA’s math result fell 7. SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings place Dayton Creek at the 89th percentile, Wolf Creek at the 82nd, Spring Hill at the 76th, and KSVA at the 9th. The non-virtual schools have similar student-teacher ratios, from 12.9 to 13.4, compared with 32.4 at KSVA; reported free/reduced-lunch rates are 13% at Wolf Creek, 19% at Dayton Creek, and 28% at Spring Hill. These measures are context, not explanations for test results, and all-grades comparisons are less direct because KSVA serves grade 6.
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