Schools · Cedar Vale

Cedar Vale, KS schools

Cedar Vale’s public schools score close to Kansas’s averages: 34.5% of students are proficient in reading against 35.5% statewide, and 75% of high schoolers graduate on time against 88%. Kids attend Cedar Vale Elem through grade 5, then Cedar Vale High.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

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Cedar Vale’s School Grade: C-

The public schools Cedar Vale’s kids attend trail 78% of Kansas’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C-Test scores
Kansas school districts we grade (283)Better than 22%
Lower resultsHigher results
Kansas towns with similar household incomes (358)Better than 22%
Lower confidence. Built on 64 tested students. With numbers this small, one year can move the grade.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Kansas’s state tests, each against the state average. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Kansas only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
  • Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Kansas with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why 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.
School path

Where Cedar Vale kids go to school

Grades PK–5
B+Cedar Vale Elem 65 students · Cedar Vale Cedar Vale Unified School District 285
Grades 6–12
DCedar Vale High 63 students · Cedar Vale Cedar Vale Unified School District 285

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Cedar Vale Unified School District 285)34.5%
State average 35.5%
Math (grades PK–12, Cedar Vale Unified School District 285)17%
State average 27.9%
Graduation · class of 2020

75% graduate on time

Graduation rate
75%
KS: 88%
Graduating class
14
students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Cedar Vale

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

Within reach

Colleges near Cedar Vale

There’s no college in Cedar Vale, but 2 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Southwestern College in Winfield, 27.9 miles away.

Straight-line distance from the center of Cedar Vale. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus.

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All 2 schools in Cedar Vale

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School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

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