Best Public Schools in Cheney, KS

Summary:

The city of Cheney, Kansas is home to three high-performing schools that serve students from elementary through high school: Cheney Elementary, Cheney High, and Cheney Middle School 6-8. These schools consistently rank among the top in the state, with Cheney Elementary and High School both earning 5-star ratings from SchoolDigger.

Cheney Elementary stands out as the highest-performing school in the district, ranking in the top 26 out of 653 Kansas elementary schools. The school boasts impressive test scores, with 63.38% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 67.2% proficient or better in Mathematics. Cheney High School also excels, ranking in the top 29 out of 318 Kansas high schools, with 32.19% of 10th graders proficient or better in ELA and 40.66% proficient or better in Math.

Across the district, the schools maintain relatively low student-teacher ratios, with Cheney High School having just 10.2 students per teacher. Additionally, the free/reduced lunch rates are lower than the state average, indicating a relatively affluent student population. Despite the differences in performance and demographics, the district allocates resources evenly, with all three schools reporting the same spending per student of $11,158 for the 2018-2019 school year.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				KAP English Language Arts (2024)								KAP Mathematics (2024)								KAP Science (2024)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
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 (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	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 6th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 8th 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 6th Grade	KAP Mathematics 7th Grade	KAP Mathematics 8th Grade	KAP Mathematics 10th Grade	KAP Mathematics All Grades	KAP Science 5th Grade	KAP Science 8th Grade	KAP Science 11th Grade	KAP Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Cheney Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	126 W 5th	Cheney	67025	Sedgwick County	Cheney	No	No	No	Yes	(316) 542-3137	396	24	16.7	35.9%	361 (91.2%)	6 (1.5%)	14 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.0%)	92.1	26^th of 653 public elementary schools	96.0%		87.9	56^th of 660 public elementary schools	91.5%	30	62.7	65.0	62.5					63.4	71.2	71.7	59.4					67.2	76.6			76.6	$11,158	$288	$10,870
Cheney Middle School 6-8	Public	6-8	715 N. Main	Cheney	67025	Sedgwick County	Cheney	No	No	No	No	(316) 542-0060	178	11	16.8	30.3%	155 (87.1%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (9.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.8%)	92.6	16^th of 362 public middle schools	95.6%		93.3	12^th of 362 public middle schools	96.7%	4				45.2	59.0	50.0		51.4				48.3	55.7	50.0		51.4		56.4		56.4	$11,158	$288	$10,870
Cheney High	Public	9-12	800 N Marshall	Cheney	67025	Sedgwick County	Cheney	No	No	No	No	(316) 542-3113	236	22	10.8	24.6%	211 (89.4%)	1 (0.4%)	16 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.0%)	85.9	29^th of 318 public high schools	90.9%		82.4	33^rd of 327 public high schools	89.9%	4							32.2	32.2							40.7	40.7			54.2	54.2	$11,158	$288	$10,870

Cities Near Cheney

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Garden Plain	5.8 mi	2	42^nd
Goddard	10.93 mi	12	77^th
Norwich	12.39 mi	3	151^st
Andale	13.88 mi	2	21^st
Colwich	14.03 mi	2	67^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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