Ellinwood Elem, Ellinwood KS - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Ellinwood Elem

Ellinwood Elementary is a public school serving prekindergarten through sixth grade in the Ellinwood Public Schools district, located in the small agricultural town of Ellinwood in southeastern Barton County, Kansas. The school sits within the town’s compact downtown grid, near Main Street and civic landmarks like Wolf Park and the historic Bandshell. The surrounding community is predominantly residential, with German heritage influences and a modest commercial core that comes alive during seasonal events such as the After Harvest Festival. Ellinwood’s population has been declining in recent years, and no major housing or commercial developments were identified in publicly reported sources, suggesting a stable but contracting local economy typical of rural Kansas towns.

The student body is relatively small, matching the scale of the community it serves. The school’s racial and ethnic composition is overwhelmingly white, with a Hispanic population of a modest size and very small shares of Black, Asian, American Indian, and multiracial students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. No data was available for students with disabilities or English learners, so those details are not part of this account.

On state assessments, reading performance shows a mixed pattern across grade levels. In one grade, a majority of students met proficiency, while in others the share was lower, ranging from just over a third to just under two-fifths. Math results followed a similar range from about a third to a half of students reaching proficiency depending on the grade. Science results, which are only tested in a single grade, showed over two-fifths of students reaching proficiency. State testing in Kansas underwent a change in cut scores, which means these results may not be directly comparable to prior years. The school’s overall proficiency index, which averages performance across tested subjects and grades, places it above the midpoint relative to the handful of districts in Barton County, though at the lower end of that range.

Because the school serves only elementary and middle grades, there is no graduation rate to report. No chronic absenteeism data was provided, so that measure is absent from this picture. The school is not a charter or magnet school, and no Title I status was available. No information on discipline, course access, or staffing was present in the data.

No recent district-level changes such as new programming, boundary shifts, or major financial referenda were found in publicly reported sources for Ellinwood Public Schools, so there is no news to relay on that front.

This is a school that fits families looking for a small, rural elementary setting where their child will be in a relatively homogeneous peer group and where the town’s pace is unhurried. Academic proficiency is present but varies by grade and subject, and a parent may want to ask the school about how the recent testing changes affect their view of student progress. The declining local population and lack of major private employers mean the economic context is one of stability rather than growth, which matters for families considering long-term residence.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 330%

School 30% · District 30%

▼ 11 pts below state median

Grade 450%

School 50% · District 50%

▲ 10 pts above state median

Grade 544%

School 44% · District 44%

▲ 4 pts above state median

Grade 631%

School 31% · District 31%

▼ 10 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 357%

School 57% · District 57%

▲ 4 pts above state median

Grade 436%

School 36% · District 36%

▼ 12 pts below state median

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 16 pts below state median

Grade 639%

School 39% · District 39%

▼ 3 pts below state median

Science

Grade 542%

School 42% · District 42%

▼ 2 pts below state median

This schoolEllinwood Public Schools, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income19%Higher-income55%36 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income28%Higher-income50%22 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income19%Higher-income82%63 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income28%Higher-income33%6 pp gap