Schools in New Salem · Winfield Unified School District 465
New Salem’s public schools score below 77% of Kansas districts
The public schools New Salem’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 77% of Kansas’s districts on state tests and graduation.
Reading proficiency
29%
▼ 7 pts vs KS 36%
2020–21
Math proficiency
20%
▼ 8 pts vs KS 28%
2020–21
Graduate on time
87%
▼ 1 pts vs KS 88%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$21.2K
▲ 41% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Schools
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The School Grade
How New Salem compares
C− Test scoresC Graduation
Kansas school districts we grade (283)Better than 23%
Lower resultsHigher results
High confidence. Built on 1,038 tested students and a graduating class of 169; 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 New Salem.
4 schools teach Pre-K in New Salem’s district. Which one depends on your address: Whittier Elem, Irving Elem, Lowell Elem and Country View Elem.
4 schools teach K in New Salem’s district. Which one depends on your address: Whittier Elem, Irving Elem, Lowell Elem and Country View Elem.
4 schools teach 1st grade in New Salem’s district. Which one depends on your address: Whittier Elem, Irving Elem, Lowell Elem and Country View Elem.
4 schools teach 2nd grade in New Salem’s district. Which one depends on your address: Whittier Elem, Irving Elem, Lowell Elem and Country View Elem.
4 schools teach 3rd grade in New Salem’s district. Which one depends on your address: Whittier Elem, Irving Elem, Lowell Elem and Country View Elem.
4 schools teach 4th grade in New Salem’s district. Which one depends on your address: Whittier Elem, Irving Elem, Lowell Elem and Country View Elem.
4 schools teach 5th grade in New Salem’s district. Which one depends on your address: Whittier Elem, Irving Elem, Lowell Elem and Country View Elem.
Straight-line distance from the center of New Salem. 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.