Fort Larned Elementary School

Fort Larned Elementary School serves 441 students in Larned, Kansas, from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. It earns a composite score of 9.0 out of 10 — a rating this platform labels Exceptional — built on a 9.0 academic score and an 8.9 growth score. The growth figure carries particular weight: it captures how much students advance relative to academic peers, not just where they start.

The numbers place Fort Larned at the top of its competitive set. It ranks 45th out of 1,293 public schools in Kansas and sits 42nd among the state's 711 elementary schools, outperforming 97% of all Kansas schools statewide. Within Larned itself, it holds the top spot among the city's three schools.

Both the statewide and elementary-specific rankings tell the same story: consistent, high-level performance across a broad peer field. A student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1 provides the classroom conditions that support those scores. At that level, teachers work with manageable groups, allowing more targeted instruction at the elementary level where early skill-building sets long-term academic trajectories.

Fort Larned operates as a regular public school — no selective admissions, no magnet designation — making its Exceptional rating a genuine reflection of what the school delivers to its general student population.