The top reported proficiency rate is 52% in English language arts. The lowest is 31% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Maple Hill Elem
Maple Hill Elementary is a closed school. The state records list it as no longer operating, and there is no remaining enrollment, demographic, or program data available because the school has no active students. The school was part of Wabaunsee USD, the consolidated district that serves a cluster of small rural communities in Wabaunsee County, including Alma, Maple Hill, McFarland, and Paxico.
State testing results from the 2022-23 school year are present in the data, but they represent a snapshot of the school when it was still operating. Those results show a mixed academic picture across the elementary grades tested. In English language arts, third graders posted a proficiency rate that was well above half. Fourth graders were close to that same mark, and fifth graders were at a lower rate, just above two-fifths. In math, fourth graders scored at a rate that was a little over a quarter proficient, while fifth graders scored modestly higher, around a third. The same fifth graders were tested in science and posted a rate just above a third. The tested groups were small, which means small shifts in the number of students who scored proficient can move the rate noticeably. A parent considering this school while it was active would have seen a school where reading performance was a relative strength in the lower grades and math and science were areas that lagged behind.
The community of Maple Hill is a very small, overwhelmingly rural village in the Flint Hills region. It sits about a short drive from Topeka and has a compact residential layout of single-family homes on small lots. The population has grown, but it remains tiny, and the local economy offers limited employment. Daily errands require a drive to a larger town. The town’s high school was closed through consolidation, and students now attend Wabaunsee High School in Alma, roughly a short drive away.
Because the school is closed, most of the typical categories for evaluating an active school simply do not apply. There is no current student body to describe, no current peer environment, no current graduation or college-going data, and no current programs or course access. There is no information about the student demographics or the economic profile of the families the school served in its final years. The civil rights data, discipline data, and staffing information that would normally fill out a school’s profile are all absent because the school is no longer accountable for reporting these figures.
What remains is an archival record of a school that served a small rural elementary population and has since been shuttered, a pattern that reflects the broader trend of consolidation in rural Kansas districts. The data cannot answer what kind of experience a family would have at this school, because the school no longer exists. For a parent or resident looking at this page, the key takeaway is that Maple Hill Elementary is not an active choice. The schooling pathway for children in Maple Hill now runs through the consolidated Wabaunsee district, with the elementary school building itself no longer in service.
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