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Schools in Shallow Water

Shallow Water’s public schools

Scott County Unified School District 466 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Shallow Water. 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 100% 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
28%
2021–22
Math proficiency
28%
2021–22
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.4K
▼ 11% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.2
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
941 students on the public path
In brief

Shallow Water’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Shallow Water’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Scott City Middle places highest (better than 45%); Scott City High lowest (11%). 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 Shallow Water, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–2Scott City Lower Elemin Scott CityNo scores
3–8Scott City Middlein Scott CityB−
9–12Scott City Highin Scott CityD

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Scott County Unified School District 466.

The district

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

Scott County Unified School District 466Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 941 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 12.2 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$13,358KS $14,966 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading28%
State average 32.5% · 496 students tested
Math28%
State average 29.4% · 507 students tested

Shallow Water vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
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Shallow Water—Scott County Unified School District 466

Every school in Shallow Water

3 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 Shallow Waterin other towns
Scott City Lower Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Scott City
230 students12:1Rate it →
Scott City Middle
Middle · Grades 3–8 · Scott City
B−
409 students13:1Rate it →
Scott City High
High · Grades 9–12 · Scott City
D
302 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Shallow Water’s schools

Are Shallow Water’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Shallow Water. Scott County Unified School District 466 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Shallow Water. 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 Shallow Water in?

Scott County Unified School District 466.

Where do Shallow Water kids go to high school?

Scott City 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.