Schools · Independence

Independence, KS schools

Independence’s public schools score close to Kansas’s averages: 36% of students are proficient in reading against 35.5% statewide, and 87% of high schoolers graduate on time against 88%. Kids attend Eisenhower Elem through grade 2, then Jefferson School, Independence Middle and Independence Sr High.

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

B-School Grade #60Best schools in KS (of 123)#79Highest graduation rate in KS (of 125)

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Independence’s School Grade: B-

The public schools Independence’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 51% of Kansas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

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Kansas school districts we grade (283)Better than 49%

Lower resultsHigher results

Kansas towns with similar household incomes (588)Better than 50%

High confidence. Built on 915 tested students and a graduating class of 126; 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, plus the four-year graduation rate. 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. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
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 Independence kids go to school

Grades PK–2

Eisenhower Elem 323 students · Independence Independence Unified School District 446

Grades 3–5

A-Jefferson School 356 students · Independence Independence Unified School District 446

Grades 6–8

B-Independence Middle 376 students · Independence Independence Unified School District 446

Grades 9–12

C+Independence Sr High 550 students · Independence Independence Unified School District 446

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, Independence Unified School District 446)36%

State average 35.5%

Math (grades PK–12, Independence Unified School District 446)31%

State average 27.9%

Graduation · class of 2020

87% graduate on time

Graduation rate

87%

KS: 88%

Graduating class

126

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #79 of 125 KS towns →

Districts

The district serving Independence

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Independence Unified School District 446Grades PK–12 · 5 schools · 1,629 students

$14,088 per studentKS $14,966B-

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

Within reach

Colleges near Independence

There’s no college in Independence, but 3 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Independence Community College in Independence, 2.6 miles away.