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Schools in Alma

Alma’s public schools

Wabaunsee Unified School District 329 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Alma. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/3schools above Kansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 95% 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
42%
2021–22
Math proficiency
52%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.4K
▲ 9% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.7
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
409 students on the public path
In brief

Alma’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Alma’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Wabaunsee Junior High places highest (better than 72%); Wabaunsee Sr High lowest (39%). 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 Alma, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Wabaunsee Elementary SchoolWabaunsee Unified School District 329B+
6–8Wabaunsee Junior Highin PaxicoB+
9–12Wabaunsee Sr HighWabaunsee Unified School District 329C+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Wabaunsee Unified School District 329.

The district

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

Wabaunsee Unified School District 329Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 409 students, up 26% since 2020–21 · 9.7 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$16,374KS $14,966 · FY2024
A+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading42%
State average 32.5% · 195 students tested
Math52%
State average 29.4% · 195 students tested

Alma vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Alma—Wabaunsee Unified School District 329

Every school in Alma

3 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 Almain other towns
Wabaunsee Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5
B+
199 students11:1Rate it →
Wabaunsee Junior High
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Paxico
B+
95 students12:1Rate it →
Wabaunsee Sr High
High · Grades 9–12
C+
115 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Alma’s schools

Are Alma’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Alma. Wabaunsee Unified School District 329 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Alma. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Alma in?

Wabaunsee Unified School District 329.

Where do Alma kids go to high school?

Wabaunsee Sr High.

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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.