Summary:
Kansas, Ohio is served by three schools — Lakota Elementary School (PK–4), Lakota Middle School (5–8), and Lakota High School (9–12) — all in the Lakota Local district, with 953 students combined. The district ranks 450 of 773 Ohio districts, the 42nd percentile, with 2 stars, and its schools span the 34th to 56th percentile statewide.
The academic standout is Lakota Middle School, whose Algebra I proficiency of 95.5% in 2025–26 is the highest score in the data and far above the state's 61.6%; it also beats state averages in 5th-grade math (77.3 vs. 59.1), 5th-grade science (78.7 vs. 62.7), 6th-grade math (68.9 vs. 56.2), and 8th-grade math (69.7 vs. 52.0), and ranks 50th percentile with 3 stars. Lakota Elementary is strong in early literacy and math — 3rd-grade ELA 77% vs. state 63.4 and 3rd-grade math 70.5% vs. 62.1 — but its rank has slipped from 72nd percentile/4 stars to 56th percentile/3 stars. Lakota High posts a 98.2% graduation rate, yet ranks lowest at the 34th percentile with 2 stars.
Lakota High is the clear pressure point: chronic absenteeism is 18.5%, roughly 40% above the district's 13.2%, and American Government (63.4 vs. 71.6) and Geometry (41.5 vs. 43.3) fall below state. Its Algebra I did rebound from 28.6% to 58.7%, though still under the state's 61.6%. Lakota Middle is uneven by grade — 7th-grade math (32.7 vs. 48.6), 8th-grade ELA (45.2 vs. 58.3), and 8th-grade science (50.7 vs. 61.2) trail the state. Resources look similar across the three schools — per-student spending of $9,980–$10,203, free/reduced lunch of 44.66–48.26%, and student-teacher ratios of 13.1–16.9 — so attendance and the instructional pipeline appear to matter more than funding or poverty differences.
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