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Schools in Cawker · Waconda Unified School District 272

Cawker’s public schools beat 96% of Kansas districts

The public schools Cawker’s kids attend outperform 96% of Kansas’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

97%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
52%
▲ 17 pts vs KS 36%
2020–21
Math proficiency
47%
▲ 19 pts vs KS 28%
2020–21
Graduate on time
75%
▼ 13 pts vs KS 88%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$17.1K
▲ 15% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.1
KS 13.6
Schools
1
163 students
The School Grade

How Cawker compares

A+ Test scores
Kansas school districts we grade (283)Better than 96%
Lower resultsHigher results
Kansas towns with similar household incomes (490)Better than 97%
Towns in Mitchell County (17)Better than 71%
Good confidence. Built on 154 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 Cawker.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Lakeside ElementaryWaconda Unified School District 272
6–122 schoolsDepends on your address
12Lakeside Junior/Senior High Schoolin Downs

The district

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

Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading52%
State average 35.5%
Math47%
State average 27.9%

Cawker vs. its neighbors

Cawker’s schools rank 1st of 6 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Kansas districts.

Every school in Cawker

1 school. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.

Elementary
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Within reach

Colleges near Cawker

There’s no college in Cawker, but 1 is within 30 miles. The closest is Fort Hays Tech North Central in Beloit, 17.1 miles away.

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Straight-line distance from the center of Cawker. 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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