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Schools in Kiowa

Kiowa’s public schools

South Barber Unified School District 255 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Kiowa. 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
27%
2021–22
Math proficiency
37%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.4K
▲ 30% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.7
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
198 students on the public path
In brief

Kiowa’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Kiowa’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. South Barber Pre-K-6 places highest (better than 77%); South Barber 7-12 lowest (14%). 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 Kiowa, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6South Barber Pre-K-6South Barber Unified School District 255A−
7–12South Barber 7-12South Barber Unified School District 255D

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the South Barber Unified School District 255.

The district

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

South Barber Unified School District 255Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 198 students, down 9% since 2020–21 · 9.7 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$19,382KS $14,966 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading27%
State average 32.5% · 108 students tested
Math37%
State average 29.4% · 107 students tested

Kiowa vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
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Kiowa—South Barber Unified School District 255

Every school in Kiowa

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 Kiowain other towns
South Barber Pre-K-6
Elementary · Grades PK–6
A−
111 students14:1Rate it →
South Barber 7-12
High · Grades 7–12
D
87 students7:1Rate it →

Questions about Kiowa’s schools

Are Kiowa’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Kiowa. South Barber Unified School District 255 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Kiowa. 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 Kiowa in?

South Barber Unified School District 255.

Where do Kiowa kids go to high school?

South Barber 7-12.

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What Kiowa 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.