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Schools in Hayes · Chapman Unified School District 473

Hayes’s public schools beat 77% of Kansas districts

The public schools Hayes’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 77% of Kansas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

70%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
37%
▲ 2 pts vs KS 36%
2020–21
Math proficiency
29%
▲ 1 pts vs KS 28%
2020–21
Graduate on time
97%
▲ 9 pts vs KS 88%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$14.1K
▼ 6% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.3
KS 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools
1
71 students
The School Grade

How Hayes compares

B Test scoresA− Graduation
Kansas school districts we grade (283)Better than 77%
Lower resultsHigher results
Kansas towns with similar household incomes (23)Better than 70%
Towns in Dickinson County (24)Better than 50%
High confidence. Built on 586 tested students and a graduating class of 91; 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, 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 Hayes.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Blue Ridge ElemChapman Unified School District 473
6–8Chapman Middle Schoolin Chapman
9–12Chapman Highin Chapman

The district

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

Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading37%
State average 35.5%
Math29%
State average 27.9%

Hayes vs. its neighbors

Hayes’s schools rank 1st of 5 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Kansas districts.

Every school in Hayes

1 school. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.

Elementary
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Within reach

Colleges near Hayes

There’s no college in Hayes, but 2 are within 30 miles. The closest is Manhattan Area Technical College in Manhattan, 29.6 miles away.

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Straight-line distance from the center of Hayes. 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.

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