Best Public Schools in Alma, KS

Summary:

The city of Alma, Kansas is home to two schools: Wabaunsee Elementary School and Wabaunsee Senior High, both part of the Wabaunsee school district. While both schools perform well above the state average, Wabaunsee Senior High stands out as a top-ranked high school in Kansas.

Wabaunsee Senior High is ranked 11th out of 332 Kansas high schools for the 2024-2025 school year, with a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school boasts a strong 89.5% four-year graduation rate and a low 1.3% dropout rate. Wabaunsee Senior High students significantly outperform the state average on standardized tests, with 66.66% proficient or better in English Language Arts and 62.49% in Mathematics, compared to the state averages of 44.47% and 38.73%, respectively.

In contrast, while Wabaunsee Elementary School is still performing well, it has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past few years, dropping from 246th out of 653 Kansas elementary schools in 2023-2024 to 94th out of 656 in 2024-2025. Both schools have similar chronic absenteeism rates of 19.5%, and Wabaunsee Elementary has a higher percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients at 34.26%, compared to 30.65% at Wabaunsee Senior High. The higher spending per student at Wabaunsee Senior High, $14,607 compared to $11,185 at Wabaunsee Elementary, may indicate a difference in resource allocation or prioritization between the two schools.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				KAP English Language Arts (2025)					KAP Mathematics (2025)					KAP Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	KAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 10th Grade	KAP English Language Arts All Grades	KAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	KAP Mathematics 4th Grade	KAP Mathematics 5th Grade	KAP Mathematics 10th Grade	KAP Mathematics All Grades	KAP Science 5th Grade	KAP Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Wabaunsee Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	215 E 9th	Alma	66401	Wabaunsee County	Wabaunsee	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 765-3349	199	19	10.5	30.7%	167 (83.9%)	1 (0.5%)	20 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.5%)	82.5	94^th of 656 public elementary schools	85.7%		59.3	246^th of 653 public elementary schools	62.3%	152	84.6	72.4	50.0		66.2	84.6	69.0	53.8		66.2	57.7	57.7	$13,123	$1,383	$11,739
Wabaunsee Senior High	Public	9-12	912 Missouri	Alma	66401	Wabaunsee County	Wabaunsee	No	No	No	No	(785) 765-3315	115	15	7.5	28.7%	96 (83.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (6.1%)	96.5	11^th of 332 public high schools	96.7%		60.3	107^th of 318 public high schools	66.4%	96				66.7	66.7				62.5	62.5			$17,793	$973	$16,821

Cities Near Alma

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Paxico	3.96 mi	1	23^rd
Wamego	11.21 mi	5	102^nd
Saint Marys	13.28 mi	2	146^th
Saint George	14.34 mi	3	48^th
Rossville	16.39 mi	2	127^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kansas State Department of Education.

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