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Schools in Colony

Colony’s public schools

Crest Unified School District 479 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Colony. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools 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
27%
2021–22
Math proficiency
22%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.7K
▲ 5% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.7
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
263 students on the public path
In brief

Colony’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Colony’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Crest Elementary places highest (better than 31%); Crest 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 Colony, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Crest ElementaryCrest Unified School District 479C
9–12Crest HighCrest Unified School District 479D

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Crest Unified School District 479.

The district

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

Crest Unified School District 479Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 263 students, up 11% since 2020–21 · 12.7 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$15,659KS $14,966 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading27%
State average 32.5% · 127 students tested
Math22%
State average 29.4% · 129 students tested

Colony vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
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Colony—Crest Unified School District 479

Every school in Colony

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 Colonyin other towns
Crest Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C
185 students14:1Rate it →
Crest High
High · Grades 9–12
D
78 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Colony’s schools

Are Colony’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Colony. Crest Unified School District 479 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Colony. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 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 Colony in?

Crest Unified School District 479.

Where do Colony kids go to high school?

Crest 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.