Cottage Grove’s public schools score below 84% of Kansas districts
The public schools Cottage Grove’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 84% of Kansas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
What Cottage Grove’s schools are like
Low even next to similar towns
It isn’t only a matter of income. Among the 77 Kansas towns with similar household incomes, Cottage Grove still scores better than just 5%. How it compares ↓
Less money per student than most
Cottage Grove spends 27% less per student than the state average. Test scores ↓
Cottage Grove shares its schools with neighboring towns
Every school on Cottage Grove’s path is shared: Humboldt Elementary School, Humboldt Middle School and Humboldt High School. Logan and Humboldt send their kids to all the same schools. From grade 1, they’re joined by students from Salem. See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Cottage Grove compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Kansas’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. 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. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- 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 Cottage Grove.
Parts of Cottage Grove are served by Marmaton Valley Unified School District 256.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Cottage Grove vs. its neighbors
Cottage Grove’s schools rank 3rd of 7 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Kansas districts.
Every school in Cottage Grove
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Cottage Grove families are saying about school.
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Colleges near Cottage Grove
There’s no college in Cottage Grove, but 3 are within 30 miles. The closest is Neosho County Community College in Chanute, 8.5 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Cottage Grove. 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 and graduation rates, graded within Kansas. Stars are from neighbors.