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Schools in West Mineral

West Mineral’s public schools

Cherokee Unified School District 247 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for West Mineral. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools 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
31%
2021–22
Math proficiency
18%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.7K
▲ 25% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.0
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
429 students on the public path
In brief

West Mineral’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of West Mineral’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Southeast Elementary School places highest (better than 87%); Southeast High lowest (5%). 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 West Mineral, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Southeast Elementary Schoolin WeirA
5–8Southeast Middle Schoolin CherokeeC
9–12Southeast Highin CherokeeD

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Cherokee Unified School District 247.

The district

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

Cherokee Unified School District 247Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 429 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 9.0 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$18,720KS $14,966 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading31%
State average 32.5% · 238 students tested
Math18%
State average 29.4% · 238 students tested

West Mineral vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
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West Mineral—Cherokee Unified School District 247

Every school in West Mineral

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 West Mineralin other towns
Southeast Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Weir
A
149 students10:1Rate it →
Southeast Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Cherokee
C
128 students10:1Rate it →
Southeast High
High · Grades 9–12 · Cherokee
D
152 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about West Mineral’s schools

Are West Mineral’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for West Mineral. Cherokee Unified School District 247 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for West Mineral. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is West Mineral in?

Cherokee Unified School District 247.

Where do West Mineral kids go to high school?

Southeast 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.