Anthony Elementary, Leavenworth KS

Original Research by School Decision on Anthony Elementary

Anthony Elementary serves students in grades one through four in Leavenworth, Kansas, as part of the Leavenworth public school district. The school sits in a city where government and military institutions heavily shape daily life, with Fort Leavenworth occupying the northern half of the city and federal and state prisons, a VA hospital, and a historic downtown commercial district defining the local economy. The city has a walkable core of shops and restaurants, but most of the area is auto-oriented. Recent development in Leavenworth includes a new penitentiary building, bridge replacement, and downtown loft and hotel projects, but the district itself has had no recent publicly reported changes in curriculum, property tax, or pedagogy that would affect family planning.

The school enrolls a moderate number of students roughly evenly distributed across the four grade levels. The student body is diverse: about two fifths of students are white, one quarter are Black, and a similar combined share are of two or more races or Hispanic, with very small numbers of Asian and Native American students. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a high-poverty school community.

State assessment results are available for the 2024-25 school year in math and English language arts for grades three and four. In both grades, the share of students scoring proficient or above in math was well below typical levels. In English language arts, third-grade proficiency was similarly low, while fourth-grade proficiency was higher, though still below what is common across the state. The available science data comes from a previous school year and a grade level the school no longer serves, so it is not directly relevant to current instruction.

Relative to other schools in Leavenworth County, Anthony Elementary’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades placed it in the bottom quarter of the county’s school districts. This comparison includes six district-level entities, and the school’s index was the lowest among them.

Information on key school environment factors such as discipline, course access, staffing ratios, and attendance was not available. Likewise, data on special education and English learner populations was missing, which limits a full picture of student support needs. The school is a traditional public school, not a charter or magnet, and its Title I status was not reported.

For a family considering this school, the primary takeaway is that academic performance in the early elementary grades is low relative to the surrounding county. A parent may want to ask the school about interventions in math and reading, particularly given the high concentration of poverty, and about what supports are available for students who are behind. The absence of recent district-level changes means there is no major reform or facility shift to weigh. The school’s setting in a stable, institution-anchored city may appeal to families who value that context, but the academic results are a clear area for inquiry.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 319%

School 19% · District 20% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 38 pts below county median

Grade 418%

School 18% · District 18%

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 322%

School 22% · District 34% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 31 pts below state median · ▼ 41 pts below county median

Grade 435%

School 35% · District 34% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Science

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 32% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 30 pts below county median

This schoolLeavenworth, 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-income23%Higher-income19%4 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income32%Higher-income44%12 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income20%Higher-income18%2 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income14%Higher-income31%18 pp gap