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Schools in Salamanca · Columbus Unified School District 493

Salamanca’s public schools beat 65% of Kansas districts

The public schools Salamanca’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 65% of Kansas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

58%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
35%
▼ 1 pts vs KS 36%
2020–21
Math proficiency
22%
▼ 6 pts vs KS 28%
2020–21
Graduate on time
97%
▲ 9 pts vs KS 88%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$14.4K
▼ 4% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade

How Salamanca compares

C+ Test scoresA− Graduation
Kansas school districts we grade (283)Better than 65%
Lower resultsHigher results
Kansas towns with similar household incomes (655)Better than 58%
Towns in Cherokee County (14)Better than 43%
Good confidence. Built on 473 tested students and a graduating class of 82; 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 Salamanca.

The path, start to finish
PK–1Park Elemin Columbus
2–6Central Elemin Columbus
7–12Columbus Junior High and High Schoolin Columbus

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

Reading35%
State average 35.5%
Math22%
State average 27.9%

Salamanca vs. its neighbors

Salamanca’s schools rank 1st of 6 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Kansas districts.

Every school in Salamanca

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

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Within reach

Colleges near Salamanca

There’s no college in Salamanca, but 5 are within 30 miles. The closest is Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College in Miami, 19.4 miles away.

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Straight-line distance from the center of Salamanca. 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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