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Schools in Severance

Severance’s public schools

Doniphan West Unified School District 111 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Severance. 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
32%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.5K
▲ 10% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.0
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
387 students on the public path
In brief

Severance’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Severance’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Doniphan West Elementary School places highest (better than 67%); Doniphan West JR/SR High School lowest (45%). 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 Severance, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Doniphan West Elementary Schoolin DentonB+
7–12Doniphan West JR/SR High Schoolin HighlandB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Doniphan West Unified School District 111.

The district

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

Doniphan West Unified School District 111Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 387 students, up 24% since 2020–21 · 12.0 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$16,505KS $14,966 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading27%
State average 32.5% · 187 students tested
Math32%
State average 29.4% · 187 students tested

Severance vs. its neighbors

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

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Severance—Doniphan West Unified School District 111

Every school in Severance

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 Severancein other towns
Doniphan West Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Denton
B+
211 students11:1Rate it →
Doniphan West JR/SR High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Highland
B−
176 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Severance’s schools

Are Severance’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Severance. Doniphan West Unified School District 111 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Severance. 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 Severance in?

Doniphan West Unified School District 111.

Where do Severance kids go to high school?

Doniphan West JR/SR High 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.