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Schools in Cambridge · Central Unified School District 462

Cambridge’s public schools score below 72% of Kansas districts

The public schools Cambridge’s kids attend trail 72% of Kansas’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

22%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
27%
▼ 9 pts vs KS 36%
2020–21
Math proficiency
27%
▼ 1 pts vs KS 28%
2020–21
Graduate on time
90%
▲ 2 pts vs KS 88%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$18.0K
▲ 20% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade

How Cambridge compares

C Test scores
Kansas school districts we grade (283)Better than 28%
Lower resultsHigher results
Kansas towns with similar household incomes (491)Better than 22%
Good confidence. Built on 151 tested students; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Kansas’s state tests against the state average. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Kansas only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Cambridge.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Central Elemin Burden
7–12Central Jr-Sr Highin Burden

The district

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading27%
State average 35.5%
Math27%
State average 27.9%

Every school in Cambridge

0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.

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Within reach

Colleges near Cambridge

There’s no college in Cambridge, but 2 are within 30 miles. The closest is Southwestern College in Winfield, 17.6 miles away.

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Straight-line distance from the center of Cambridge. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.

School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results, graded within Kansas. Stars are from neighbors.

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