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Schools in New Salem

New Salem’s public schools

Winfield Unified School District 465 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for New Salem. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/6schools above Kansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 97% 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
26%
2021–22
Math proficiency
20%
2021–22
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$21.2K
▲ 41% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.4
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,915 students on the public path
In brief

New Salem’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of New Salem’s 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Whittier Elem places highest (better than 58%); Irving Elem lowest (19%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Four elementary schools serve New Salem, graded from C− to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Winfield High. 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 New Salem, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–54 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC− to B
6–8Winfield Middle Schoolin WinfieldC
9–12Winfield Highin WinfieldC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Winfield Unified School District 465.

The district

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

Winfield Unified School District 465Grades PK–12 · 6 schools · 1,915 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 12.4 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$21,160KS $14,966 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading26%
State average 32.5% · 1076 students tested
Math20%
State average 29.4% · 1092 students tested

New Salem vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
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New Salem—Winfield Unified School District 465

Every school in New Salem

6 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 New Salemin other towns
Whittier Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Winfield
B
259 students14:1Rate it →
Irving Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Winfield
C−
234 students13:1Rate it →
Lowell Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Winfield
B−
214 students13:1Rate it →
Country View Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Winfield
C
114 students13:1Rate it →
Winfield Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Winfield
C
456 students13:1Rate it →
Winfield High
High · Grades 9–12 · Winfield
C
638 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about New Salem’s schools

Are New Salem’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for New Salem. Winfield Unified School District 465 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for New Salem. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is New Salem in?

Winfield Unified School District 465.

Where do New Salem kids go to high school?

Winfield High.

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What New Salem 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.