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Schools in Alden

Alden’s public schools

Sterling Unified School District 376 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Alden. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/2schools above Kansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Kansas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
44%
2021–22
Math proficiency
53%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.6K
▲ 4% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.9
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
500 students on the public path
In brief

Alden’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Alden’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Sterling Grade School places highest (better than 93%); Sterling Junior High/Senior High lowest (72%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Alden, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Sterling Grade Schoolin SterlingA
7–12Sterling Junior High/Senior Highin SterlingB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Sterling Unified School District 376.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Sterling Unified School District 376Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 500 students · 11.9 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$15,611KS $14,966 · FY2024
A+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading44%
State average 32.5% · 261 students tested
Math53%
State average 29.4% · 261 students tested

Alden vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Kansas towns that share Alden’s borders.

Schools next door
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Alden—Sterling Unified School District 376

Every school in Alden

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Kansas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Aldenin other towns
Sterling Grade School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Sterling
A
268 students12:1Rate it →
Sterling Junior High/Senior High
High · Grades 7–12 · Sterling
B+
232 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Alden’s schools

Are Alden’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Alden. Sterling Unified School District 376 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Alden. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Alden in?

Sterling Unified School District 376.

Where do Alden kids go to high school?

Sterling Junior High/Senior High.

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What Alden families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.