Summary:
ZIP code 74347 has three public schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Kansas Elementary School (384 students), Kansas Middle School (175), and Kansas High School (256), with 815 students altogether. The clearest area-wide concern is that average test results fell farther below state results: across the three schools and three core subjects, the average was 22% versus 27% statewide in 2024–2025, then 19% versus 27% in 2025–2026, widening the gap from 6 to 8 percentage points.
The schools have distinct subject strengths. Kansas Middle School led in science at 35%, 5 points above the state and 13 above the next-highest school, but had the lowest English Language Arts (ELA) result, 14%. Kansas Elementary School led in mathematics at 23%, 9 points above the next-highest school and just 2 below the state; Kansas High School had the lowest math rate, 10%. The high school led in ELA at 22%, 7 points above the next-highest school, though still 4 below the state. Its 95% graduation rate was a bright spot—18 points above the state—despite below-state results in ELA, math, and science.
Recent changes vary: elementary ELA and math rose 4 and 3 points, while its science result fell 6; middle-school science rose 3 points as ELA and math fell 7 and 6; high-school ELA, math, and science each declined. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 statewide ranking percentiles were 24 for Elementary, 26 for Middle, and 38 for High; Middle and High had dropped from 52 and 57, respectively, the prior reported year. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible rates were 88% at Elementary, 90% at Middle, and 88% at High; student-teacher ratios were 15.9, 12.8, and 12.9, respectively. These are context measures, not explanations for results. All-grades comparisons are not same-grade comparisons because the schools serve different grade spans.
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