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Schools in Cedar Vale

Cedar Vale’s public schools

Cedar Vale Unified School District 285 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cedar Vale. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools 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
32%
2021–22
Math proficiency
22%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$20.3K
▲ 36% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
7.2
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
2
128 students on the public path
In brief

Cedar Vale’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Cedar Vale’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Cedar Vale Elem places highest (better than 70%); Cedar Vale High lowest (5%). 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 Cedar Vale, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Cedar Vale ElemCedar Vale Unified School District 285B+
6–12Cedar Vale HighCedar Vale Unified School District 285D

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Cedar Vale Unified School District 285.

The district

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

Cedar Vale Unified School District 285Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 128 students, down 12% since 2020–21 · 7.2 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$20,307KS $14,966 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading32%
State average 32.5% · 71 students tested
Math22%
State average 29.4% · 71 students tested

Cedar Vale vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Cedar Vale—Cedar Vale Unified School District 285

Every school in Cedar Vale

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).

District schools in Cedar Valeby address
Cedar Vale Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5
B+
65 students8:1Rate it →
Cedar Vale High
High · Grades 6–12
D
63 students6:1Rate it →

Questions about Cedar Vale’s schools

Are Cedar Vale’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Cedar Vale. Cedar Vale Unified School District 285 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cedar Vale. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Cedar Vale in?

Cedar Vale Unified School District 285.

Where do Cedar Vale kids go to high school?

Cedar Vale High.

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What Cedar Vale 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.