Summary:
Alma has two schools in the Wabaunsee district: Wabaunsee Elementary School serves prekindergarten through grade 5 and enrolls 199 students, while Wabaunsee Senior High serves grades 9–12 and enrolls 115. Both schools’ 2025–26 results are above state rates in ELA, math, and science; across the two schools, the average advantage is 16 percentage points in ELA, 19 in math, and 10 in science. The main takeaway is that both schools are strong relative to the state, but neither leads in every subject.
Wabaunsee Elementary stands out in ELA and math, scoring 66% in each, compared with 58% and 54% at the high school—a 9-point ELA lead and a 12-point math lead. Its strongest state comparison is math, 25 points above the state. Wabaunsee Senior High is the science leader at 57%, 16 points ahead of the elementary school and 18 above the state. Grade-level results show both strengths and exceptions: elementary third-grade math is 78%, 35 points above the state, while fourth-grade ELA is 47%, 3 points below. High-school 11th-grade science reaches 57%, 26 points above the state.
ELA and math results remain above the state, but the combined advantage narrowed from 22 to 16 points in ELA and from 26 to 19 in math over the latest year. The high school’s ELA and math scores each fell about 9 points; elementary scores were essentially unchanged. Elementary science fell 17 points, from 58% to 41%, leaving it just 3 points above the state. SchoolDigger ranks the high school at the 93rd percentile and the elementary school at the 77th; both are below their 2024–25 peaks. The elementary school has a higher student–teacher ratio (10.5 versus 7.5) and free/reduced-lunch rate (31% versus 29%). Chronic absenteeism is 14% at the elementary school and 21% at the high school, compared with 18% statewide. These are two schools serving different grade spans, so all-grades scores are not direct same-grade comparisons.
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