Summary:
Zip code 66547 includes five schools in Wamego, spanning elementary through high school, in the Wamego district, which SchoolDigger rates five stars and ranks 22nd among 268 Kansas districts. Three schools have reported 2025–26 test scores; the other two have no scores in the data. The clearest finding is that performance varies substantially by school, with West Elementary leading in every reported subject.
West Elementary is the academic standout: 67% of students were proficient in ELA, 65% in math and 59% in science—21, 24 and 21 percentage points above state figures. Wamego Middle School also exceeded the state in all three subjects, by 5 points in ELA, 12 in math and 8 in science. Wamego High was above state in ELA and math by 3 and 10 points, but its 23% science proficiency was 15 points below state and 36 points below West’s. The separate Wamego High School Virtual School has weaker reported outcomes: a 72% graduation rate versus 90% statewide and a 29% dropout rate versus 1%; enrollment is 18.
Recent results show a notable rebound at Wamego High: its ELA score rose 24 points and math rose 23 points from the prior year, though science remains a clear weakness. West Elementary improved 3 points in ELA and 2 in math, but science fell 10 points; Wamego Middle School’s ELA and math scores dipped slightly. SchoolDigger ranks the middle school 69th of 368, West 74th of 657 and the high school 111th of 340. West’s student–teacher ratio is 17.1, compared with 14.9 at the middle school and 13.1 at the high school; its free/reduced-lunch rate is also higher, at 32%, versus 29% and 28%, respectively.
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