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Schools in Wilson · Lyons Unified School District 405, Sterling Unified School District 376

Wilson’s public schools beat 70% of Kansas districts

The public schools Wilson’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 70% of Kansas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

70%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
26%
▼ 10 pts vs KS 36%
2020–21
Math proficiency
23%
▼ 5 pts vs KS 28%
2020–21
Graduate on time
84%
▼ 4 pts vs KS 88%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$23.3K
▲ 56% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade

How Wilson compares

B+ Test scoresC− Graduation
Kansas school districts we grade (283)Better than 70%
Lower resultsHigher results
Kansas towns with similar household incomes (859)Better than 70%
Towns in Rice County (20)Better than 55%
High confidence. Built on 623 tested students and a graduating class of 53; 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 Wilson (some depend on your address).

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your address
62 middle schoolsDepends on your address
7–122 schoolsDepends on your address
122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Parts of Wilson are served by Little River Unified School District 444.

Two districts serve Wilson

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

Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Lyons Unified School District 40526%
State average 35.5%
Reading · PK–12, Sterling Unified School District 37649%
State average 35.5%
Math · PK–12, Lyons Unified School District 40523%
State average 27.9%
Math · PK–12, Sterling Unified School District 37655%
State average 27.9%

Wilson vs. its neighbors

Wilson’s schools rank 2nd of 4 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Kansas districts.

Every school in Wilson

0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.

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Within reach

Colleges near Wilson

There’s no college in Wilson, but 5 are within 30 miles. The closest is Sterling College in Sterling, 8.5 miles away.

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Straight-line distance from the center of Wilson. 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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