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Schools in Penalosa

Penalosa’s public schools

Cunningham Unified School District 332 and Kingman-Norwich Unified School District 331 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Penalosa. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?4/8schools 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
37%
2021–22
Math proficiency
37%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.3K
▲ 2% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Kingman-Norwich Unified School District 331
Students per teacher
10.9
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,077 students on the public path
In brief

Penalosa’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of Penalosa’s 8 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Cunningham Elem places highest (better than 95%); Kingman Middle School lowest (9%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Penalosa, graded from C to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then three middle schools and three high schools: Kingman High, Cunningham High and Norwich 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 Penalosa, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–53 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC to A+
6–83 middle schoolsDepends on your addressD to B
9–123 high schoolsDepends on your addressC− to B

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Cunningham Unified School District 332.

Two districts serve Penalosa

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

Cunningham Unified School District 332Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 226 students, up 12% since 2020–21 · 9.9 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$16,757KS $14,966 · FY2024
A−
Kingman-Norwich Unified School District 331Grades PK–12 · 7 schools · 865 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 11.2 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$15,269KS $14,966 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Cunningham Unified School District 33237%
State average 32.5% · 119 students tested
Math · PK–12, Cunningham Unified School District 33237%
State average 29.4% · 119 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Kingman-Norwich Unified School District 33128%
State average 32.5% · 417 students tested
Math · PK–12, Kingman-Norwich Unified School District 33123%
State average 29.4% · 417 students tested

Penalosa vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Penalosa—Cunningham Unified School District 332 PK–12 · Kingman-Norwich Unified School District 331 PK–12

Every school in Penalosa

8 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 Penalosain other towns
Kingman Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Kingman
C
330 students13:1Rate it →
Cunningham Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cunningham
A+
109 students10:1Rate it →
Norwich Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Norwich
A−
108 students9:1Rate it →
Cunningham High
High · Grades 6–12 · Cunningham
B
117 students10:1Rate it →
Norwich Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Norwich
B
44 students10:1Rate it →
Kingman Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Kingman
D
89 students10:1Rate it →
Kingman High
High · Grades 9–12 · Kingman
C−
198 students11:1Rate it →
Norwich High
High · Grades 9–12 · Norwich
C−
82 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Penalosa’s schools

Are Penalosa’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Penalosa. Cunningham Unified School District 332 and Kingman-Norwich Unified School District 331 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Penalosa. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 8 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Penalosa in?

Cunningham Unified School District 332 and Kingman-Norwich Unified School District 331.

Where do Penalosa kids go to high school?

One of three high schools, depending on your address: Kingman High, Cunningham High and Norwich 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.