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The Challenge Awards recognize schools for outstanding achievements and uncommon accomplishments based on Kansas math and reading assessment results and other qualifying factors, specifically the sample size, ethnicity and social-economic status of those taking the test. We also now include graduation rates when calculating high school results and chronic absenteeism rates for middle and elementary schools. The steps used to identify Challenge Award honorees are as follows:
Abilene USD 435
Arkansas City USD 470
Bonner Springs USD 204
Caldwell USD 360
Central Plains USD 112
Chaparral USD 361
Cherokee USD 247
Chetopa-St. Paul USD 505
Concordia USD 333
Deerfield USD 216
Dexter USD 471
Dodge City USD 443
El Dorado USD 490
Elk Valley USD 283
Eureka USD 389
Galena USD 499
Garden City USD 457
Gardner Edgerton USD 231
Geary County USD 475
Golden Plains USD 316
Great Bend USD 428
Hays USD 489
Hugoton USD 210
Hutchinson USD 308
Independence USD 446
Kansas City USD 500
Lakin USD 215
Lewis USD 502
Lyons USD 405
Macksville USD 351
Manhattan-Ogden USD 383
Morris County USD 417
Moscow USD 209
Newton USD 373
Nickerson USD 309
Northern Valley USD 212
Olathe USD 233
Oswego USD 504
Ottawa USD 290
Parsons USD 503
Pittsburg USD 250
Pleasanton USD 344
Remington USD 206
Rock Hills USD 107
Rolla USD 217
Salina USD 305
Shawnee Mission USD 512
Southern Cloud USD 334
Sublette USD 374
Topeka USD 501
Turner-Kansas City USD 202
Twin Valley USD 240
Waconda USD 272
Wellington USD 353
Wichita USD 259
Chaparral Schools USD 361
Flinthills USD 492
Garden USD 457
Hamilton USD 390
Jayhawk USD 346
Kaw Valley USD 321
Kingman-Norwich USD 331
McPherson USD 418
Minneola USD 219
Paradise USD 399
Pike Valley USD 426
Pretty Prairie USD 311
Republic County USD 109
Syracuse USD 494
Uniontown USD 235
Winfield USD 465
Derby USD 260
Emporia USD 253
Erie-Galesburg USD 101
Fairfield USD 310
Grinnell USD 291
Healy USD 468
LeRoy-Gridley USD 245
Lincoln USD 298
Marion-Florence USD 408
Montezuma USD 371
Osage City USD 420
Remington-Whitewater USD 206
Seaman USD 345
Southern Lyon USD 252
Stanton USD 452
Thunder Ridge USD 110
Wabaunsee USD 329
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Tamla Miller (785) 296-4950 tamla.miller@ksde.gov
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