Inman Elem, Inman KS - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Inman Elem

Inman Elementary serves students from preschool through sixth grade in the small, rural city of Inman, Kansas. The community, located in McPherson County, is a town with a Main Street, city offices, a historic railroad depot that became a museum, and Lake Inman a few miles east. The population has seen a slight decline in recent years. The school is part of the Inman school district, which also operates the junior-senior high school within the town. No recent district-level changes that would be lasting and parent-relevant were found in publicly available records.

The student body is overwhelmingly white, with a small share of Hispanic students and a very small number of Black or multiracial students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a moderate level of economic need in the school community. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available.

On state assessments, the academic picture varies noticeably by grade and subject. In math, performance starts relatively strong in third grade, then drops in fourth grade, is a bit lower in fifth grade, and is weakest in sixth grade. In English language arts, third and fifth graders show solid proficiency, while fourth and sixth graders are lower. Science is tested in fifth grade, where a majority of students met the proficiency bar. Overall, when looking across all tested grades and subjects, the school's proficiency index lands in the top quartile among districts in McPherson County. That top-quartile position is notable, but the pattern by grade matters: a parent should ask why sixth-grade math results trail the earlier grades by a wide margin. Absent further context such as cohort mobility or instructional changes, this drop is worth understanding directly from the school.

The school offers no high school programs such as AP, dual credit, or career pathways, as it serves only elementary and middle grades. Graduation rate data is not applicable here.

Housing in the area is valued near both the state and national medians. The typical mortgage payment is slightly below the national rent average, and home values have been rising at a pace that outpaces the national rate, consistent with a modestly growing market. The area's unemployment rate is at the national average of recent months.

Overall, Inman Elementary presents a mixed academic profile with clear bright spots in third-grade math and reading and fifth-grade science, alongside a concerning pattern of declining math proficiency by sixth grade. The school community is small, predominantly white, and somewhat economically mixed. The town itself is a tight-knit rural setting with limited commercial activity and a slight population decline. A family moving here would find a school that performs near the top of its county overall, but should look into the middle-grade math results and the school's approach to supporting students as they approach the transition to junior high.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 371%

School 71% · District 71%

▲ 30 pts above state median

Grade 448%

School 48% · District 48%

▲ 8 pts above state median

Grade 543%

School 43% · District 43%

▲ 2 pts above state median

Grade 623%

School 23% · District 23%

▼ 17 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 371%

School 71% · District 71%

▲ 18 pts above state median

Grade 448%

School 48% · District 48%

even with state median

Grade 566%

School 66% · District 66%

▲ 16 pts above state median

Grade 643%

School 43% · District 43%

▲ 2 pts above state median

Science

Grade 561%

School 61% · District 61%

▲ 17 pts above state median

This schoolInman, 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 3Lower-income50%Higher-income79%29 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income40%Higher-income53%13 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income53%Higher-income81%29 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income40%Higher-income45%5 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income60%Higher-income75%15 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income20%Higher-income67%47 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income42%Higher-income44%2 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income30%Higher-income20%10 pp gap