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Schools in Cedar Vale · Cedar Vale Unified School District 285

Cedar Vale’s public schools score below 78% of Kansas districts

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.

22%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
35%
▼ 1 pts vs KS 36%
2020–21
Math proficiency
17%
▼ 11 pts vs KS 28%
2020–21
Graduate on time
75%
▼ 13 pts vs KS 88%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$20.3K
▲ 36% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
7.2
KS 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools
2
128 students
The School Grade

How Cedar Vale compares

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 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 Cedar Vale.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Cedar Vale ElemCedar Vale Unified School District 285
6–12Cedar Vale HighCedar Vale Unified School District 285

The district

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

Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading35%
State average 35.5%
Math17%
State average 27.9%

Every school in Cedar Vale

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

Elementary
High

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What Cedar Vale families are saying about school.

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Within reach

Colleges near Cedar Vale

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

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Straight-line distance from the center of Cedar Vale. 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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