Schools · Glen Elder

Glen Elder, KS schools

Glen Elder’s public schools score well above Kansas’s averages: 52% of students are proficient in reading against 35.5% statewide, and 75% of high schoolers graduate on time against 88%. Kids attend Lakeside Elementary or Tipton Community School through grade 8, then Lakeside Junior/Senior High School or Tipton Community School and Lakeside Junior/Senior High School.

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

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Glen Elder’s School Grade: A+

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

A+Test scores
Kansas school districts we grade (283)Better than 96%
Lower resultsHigher results
Kansas towns with similar household incomes (793)Better than 97%
Good confidence. Built on 154 tested students; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change 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 Glen Elder kids go to school

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

Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Waconda Unified School District 272)52%
State average 35.5%
Math (grades PK–12, Waconda Unified School District 272)47%
State average 27.9%
Graduation · class of 2020

75% graduate on time

Graduation rate
75%
KS: 88%
Graduating class
11
students

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

Districts

The district serving Glen Elder

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

Within reach

Colleges near Glen Elder

There’s no college in Glen Elder, but 1 college is within 30 miles. The closest is Fort Hays Tech North Central in Beloit, 10.5 miles away.

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

We don’t have any schools located in Glen Elder yet.

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