Skyline Elem, Pratt KS - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Skyline Elem

Skyline Elem serves students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade as part of the Skyline Schools district, a rural Kansas public school system. The school sits on Highway 54 west of Pratt, the county seat of Pratt County. Pratt is a small, slow-declining community where agriculture, oil production, a community college, and a regional medical center anchor the local economy. The town has a traditional downtown around the courthouse, low-density residential fabric, and very short average commutes, giving it a service-center character rather than a suburban or exurban feel. Housing in the area costs notably less than the state or national median, with home values that have slipped slightly in recent years, consistent with the area’s modest population contraction.

Skyline Elem enrolls about 240 students, which is a small size for a school serving grades PK through 8. More than half of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, a measure that signals a substantial share of families with lower household incomes. The student body is predominantly white, with a modest Hispanic population and small numbers of Black, Asian, and multiracial students. The school is not a charter or magnet school, and no Title I status was reported.

State testing results from the Kansas Assessment Program show a mixed academic picture across grade levels and subjects. In elementary grades, performance is uneven. Third-grade math and English language arts proficiency fall below a majority, while fourth and fifth grades reach above a majority in both subjects. Fifth-grade science stands out with a strong showing. In middle school grades, the pattern shifts. Sixth grade still reaches around half proficient in math and ELA, but seventh and eighth grades drop notably below that mark in both subjects. Eighth-grade science also sits below a majority. These variations mean that a parent considering Skyline Elem should look closely at how their child’s specific grade level performs and may want to ask the school about supports for middle school students.

When compared against the other districts in Pratt County, Skyline Elem ranks at the top on overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades. The county has only a handful of districts, so this top position reflects a relative strength within a small local set, not a statewide ranking. No graduation rate data is available because the school does not serve high school grades. Chronic absenteeism figures and course access information were also missing from the available data, leaving gaps that a prospective family may want to explore directly with the school or district.

The absence of a district brief from public sources means there is no readily available narrative about recent changes or initiatives within Skyline Schools. That silence does not imply anything negative, but it does leave a parent without a window into any recent policy shifts, budget decisions, or program expansions that might affect the school. With that limitation, the clearest takeaway about Skyline Elem is that it offers a small, rural PK-8 setting in a stable community, with academic performance that is strongest in elementary science and some mid-elementary grades but weaker in middle school, and overall slightly ahead of neighboring districts in the county.

See more original research from School Decision →

Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 332%

School 32% · District 32%

▼ 9 pts below state median

Grade 455%

School 55% · District 55%

▲ 15 pts above state median

Grade 571%

School 71% · District 71%

▲ 31 pts above state median

Grade 655%

School 55% · District 55%

▲ 14 pts above state median

Grade 738%

School 38% · District 38%

▲ 4 pts above state median

Grade 840%

School 40% · District 40%

▲ 6 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 340%

School 40% · District 40%

▼ 13 pts below state median

Grade 455%

School 55% · District 55%

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 564%

School 64% · District 64%

▲ 15 pts above state median

Grade 650%

School 50% · District 50%

▲ 8 pts above state median

Grade 724%

School 24% · District 24%

▼ 17 pts below state median

Grade 838%

School 38% · District 38%

even with state median

Science

Grade 586%

School 86% · District 86%

▲ 41 pts above state median

Grade 848%

School 48% · District 48%

▲ 12 pts above state median

This schoolSkyline 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 8Lower-income21%Higher-income60%39 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 8Lower-income33%Higher-income50%17 pp gap