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Schools in Ridgeway · Santa Fe Trail Unified School District 434

Ridgeway’s public schools beat 59% of Kansas districts

The public schools Ridgeway’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 59% of Kansas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

57%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
36%
▲ 1 pts vs KS 36%
2020–21
Math proficiency
29%
▲ 1 pts vs KS 28%
2020–21
Graduate on time
92%
▲ 4 pts vs KS 88%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$15.2K
▲ 1% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.8
KS 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools
2
678 students
The School Grade

How Ridgeway compares

B− Test scoresB− Graduation
Kansas school districts we grade (283)Better than 59%
Lower resultsHigher results
Kansas towns with similar household incomes (784)Better than 57%
Towns in Osage County (16)Better than 38%
Good confidence. Built on 499 tested students and a graduating class of 75; 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 Ridgeway.

The path, start to finish
PK–3Overbrook Attendance Centerin Overbrook
4–8Carbondale Attendance CenterSanta Fe Trail Unified School District 434
9–12Santa Fe Trail HighSanta Fe Trail Unified School District 434

The district

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

Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading36%
State average 35.5%
Math29%
State average 27.9%

Ridgeway vs. its neighbors

Ridgeway’s schools rank 2nd of 5 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Kansas districts.

Every school in Ridgeway

2 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.

Middle
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Within reach

Colleges near Ridgeway

There’s no college in Ridgeway, but 7 are within 30 miles. The closest is Rasmussen University-Kansas in Topeka, 12.8 miles away.

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Straight-line distance from the center of Ridgeway. 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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