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The highest-performing public elementary schools in reading in Kansas City, Kansas

34 public elementary schools in Kansas City, Kansas appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public elementary schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Piper Creek Elementary leads the list at 55.1%, against a median of 26.9% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked
34
Kansas City, Kansas
Top % Proficient (Reading)
55.1%
Median % Proficient (Reading)
26.9%
BEST IN READING · KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
#SchoolCityDistrictLevelStudents% Proficient (Reading)
1Piper Creek ElementaryKansas City, KSPiper-Kansas CityElementary59855.1%
2Frank Rushton ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary35951.1%
3Junction ElementaryKansas City, KSTurner-Kansas CityElementary23450.0%
4Emerson ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary17147.6%
5Turner ElemKansas City, KSTurner-Kansas CityElementary56046.9%
6Oak Grove ElemKansas City, KSTurner-Kansas CityElementary53245.5%
7Midland TrailKansas City, KSTurner-Kansas CityElementary49544.5%
8Delaware Ridge ElementaryKansas City, KSBonner SpringsElementary37840.0%
9Claude A Huyck ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary30438.8%
10Stony Point SouthKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary24734.1%
11Whittier ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary50233.6%
12John F Kennedy ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary41931.5%
13Hazel Grove ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary53731.3%
14Stony Point NorthKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary30030.1%
15Mark Twain ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary22229.2%
16Lowell Brune Elementary SchoolKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary43227.8%
17Thomas A Edison ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary24427.4%
18McKinley Elementary SchoolKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary24326.5%
19Quindaro ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary32525.3%
20New Stanley ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary25124.0%
21Welborn ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary50423.5%
22Silver City ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary1,49521.4%
23Bertram Caruthers ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary36421.3%
24West Park Elementary SchoolKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary53421.2%
25Banneker ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary26820.8%
26Noble Prentis ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary19320.8%
27M E Pearson ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary60620.7%
28Chelsea ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary55719.7%
29Grant ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary28918.3%
30Frances Willard ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary43418.3%
31John Fiske ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary28717.0%
32Eugene Ware ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary24216.8%
33Douglass ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary28513.4%
34Lindbergh ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary21613.4%
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