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Schools in Newbury · Wabaunsee Unified School District 329

Newbury’s public schools beat 93% of Kansas districts

The public schools Newbury’s kids attend outperform 93% of Kansas’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

95%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
42%
▲ 7 pts vs KS 36%
2020–21
Math proficiency
47%
▲ 19 pts vs KS 28%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
▲ 7 pts vs KS 88%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$16.4K
▲ 9% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.0
KS 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools
1
95 students
The School Grade

How Newbury compares

A Test scores
Kansas school districts we grade (283)Better than 93%
Lower resultsHigher results
Kansas towns with similar household incomes (823)Better than 95%
Towns in Wabaunsee County (13)Better than 69%
Good confidence. Built on 201 tested students; 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. 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.
  • 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 Newbury.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Wabaunsee Elementary Schoolin Alma
6–8Wabaunsee Junior HighWabaunsee Unified School District 329
9–12Wabaunsee Sr Highin Alma

The district

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

Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading42%
State average 35.5%
Math47%
State average 27.9%

Newbury vs. its neighbors

Newbury’s schools rank 1st of 8 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Kansas districts.

Every school in Newbury

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

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Colleges near Newbury

There’s no college in Newbury, but 5 are within 30 miles. The closest is Manhattan Christian College in Manhattan, 23.3 miles away.

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Straight-line distance from the center of Newbury. 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, graded within Kansas. Stars are from neighbors.

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