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Best High Schools in Zip Code 66547

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Schools

522

Students

Top rankedWamego High254^th of 332 Kansas high schools

Summary:

The 66547 zip code is home to two high schools: Wamego High and Wamego High School Virtual School. Both schools are part of the Wamego school district and serve students in grades 9-12.

Wamego High is a relatively strong performer within the state of Kansas, ranking 254 out of 332 high schools for the 2024-2025 school year and earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school has seen its statewide ranking improve over the past few years, going from 188 out of 327 in 2022-2023 to 109 out of 318 in 2023-2024. Wamego High's 4-year graduation rate of 89.5% and low dropout rate of 1.3% in 2023-2024 are both strong indicators of student success.

While Wamego High has lower-than-average proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics, it performs above the state average in science proficiency. The school's student-teacher ratio of 12.4 is also favorable compared to the state average. Wamego High School Virtual School, on the other hand, has significantly fewer students but appears to provide a comparable educational experience to the traditional high school, with the same graduation rate, dropout rate, and chronic absenteeism rate.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				KAP English Language Arts (2025)		KAP Mathematics (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 10th Grade	KAP English Language Arts All Grades	KAP Mathematics 10th Grade	KAP Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Wamego High	Public	9-12	801 N Lincoln	Wamego	66547	Pottawatomie County	Wamego	No	No	No	No	(785) 456-2214	504	38	13.1	27.8%	439 (87.1%)	3 (0.6%)	32 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.8%)	26.6	254^th of 332 public high schools	23.5%		59.6	109^th of 318 public high schools	65.7%	145	24.2	24.2	28.9	28.9	$10,437	$2,163	$8,274
Wamego High School Virtual School	Public, Virtual	9-12	801 Lincoln	Wamego	66547	Pottawatomie County	Wamego	No	No	Yes	No	(785) 456-2214	18				11 (61.1%)	1 (5.6%)	4 (22.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (11.1%)								(n/a)					$3,626	$00	$3,626

Cities Near Zip Code 66547

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Wamego	0.34 mi	5	102^nd
Saint George	6.07 mi	3	48^th
Manhattan	9.98 mi	13	93^rd
Paxico	12.5 mi	1	23^rd
Alma	13.37 mi	2	14^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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