Ogden Elem, Ogden KS - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Ogden Elem

Ogden Elementary is a small public school in the Manhattan-Ogden school district, serving kindergarten through fifth grade in the town of Ogden, Kansas. Ogden sits between Fort Riley and Manhattan, a community whose character is shaped heavily by its proximity to the Army installation. The town has a high housing vacancy rate and a population that fluctuates with military personnel cycles. Housing values are modest relative to state and national benchmarks, and the area functions largely as a bedroom community for Fort Riley and the larger Manhattan area.

The student body is small. Enrollment reflects the community's racial diversity for a small Kansas town; a substantial majority of students are white, with a sizable share identifying as Hispanic and smaller shares identifying as two or more races or Black. A substantial majority of students at the school qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a marker of the community's economic profile. The school's grade span is elementary only, so there is no high school graduation rate to report.

On the Kansas Assessment Program (KAP), the school's proficiency rates across tested subjects and grades fall below the midpoint among the handful of districts in Riley County. In English language arts, rates for third and fourth grade are near the midpoint of the school's own internal range, while the fifth-grade rate is lower. In mathematics, rates across all three tested grades are lower. In science, the fifth-grade rate is moderate. The state made changes to the proficiency cut scores in both math and English language arts in recent years, which makes year-over-year trend comparisons unreliable, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent a change from prior performance. A parent evaluating the school may want to discuss these numbers directly with the school and ask what instructional strategies are in place.

The school's peer environment is shaped by the transience connected to Fort Riley. A parent considering Ogden Elementary may want to ask about student turnover and how the school supports children who arrive or leave during the school year. Because the school does not serve the upper grades, students transition to a middle school within the Manhattan-Ogden district after fifth grade. Housing in Ogden is affordable relative to much of the country, though the local market has seen price increases, and the town's limited commercial activity means most errands and services require a short drive.

No information was publicly available about offerings such as gifted programs, arts, or specialized instruction, and no data on chronic absenteeism or discipline was found in the available records. A family considering this school may want to visit and ask about enrichment activities outside the core academic curriculum. The school's overall proficiency picture, set against the district's other elementary schools in Riley County, is a soft spot. A parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand how the staff is working to move those numbers.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 326%

School 26% · District 44% · ▼ 18 pts below district

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

Grade 435%

School 35% · District 52% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 529%

School 29% · District 51% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 345%

School 45% · District 56% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 452%

School 52% · District 57% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 540%

School 40% · District 56% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Science

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 52% · ▼ 13 pts below district

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

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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.