Best Public Schools in Sabetha, KS

Summary:

The city of Sabetha, Kansas is home to three public schools that serve students from elementary through high school: Sabetha Elementary School, Sabetha High School, and Sabetha Middle School. These schools are part of the Prairie Hills school district.

Sabetha Elementary School stands out as the top-performing school in the district, consistently ranking in the top 25% of Kansas elementary schools and outperforming the district and state averages in academic proficiency. The school has a relatively low free/reduced lunch rate of 40.71% and maintains a favorable student-teacher ratio of 15.9. Sabetha High School has also seen significant improvement, moving from the middle of the pack to the top 10% of Kansas high schools in 2022-2023. The high school outperforms the district and state in proficiency rates and has a low free/reduced lunch rate of 25%.

While Sabetha Middle School lags slightly behind the elementary and high schools in terms of proficiency rates and statewide ranking, it still performs reasonably well compared to state averages. The district appears to be investing more resources in the middle school, with the highest spending per student at $11,822. Overall, the Sabetha school district is performing well, with the elementary and high schools standing out as particularly strong performers.

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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
Sabetha Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	101 Oregon	Sabetha	66534	Nemaha County	Prairie Hills	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 284-3448	393	25	15.9	40.7%	350 (89.1%)	10 (2.5%)	14 (3.6%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.6%)	69.6	165^th of 653 public elementary schools	74.7%		75.2	124^th of 660 public elementary schools	81.2%	41	42.6	75.5	39.4					51.1	63.9	56.6	34.8					51.1	50.0			50.0	$8,063	$562	$7,501
Sabetha Middle School	Public	6-8	751 Bluejay Blvd	Sabetha	66534	Nemaha County	Prairie Hills	No	No	No	No	(785) 284-2151	166	13	12.8	31.9%	156 (94.0%)	2 (1.2%)	4 (2.4%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	69.9	72^nd of 362 public middle schools	80.1%		75.4	51^st of 362 public middle schools	85.9%	21				36.7	42.1	22.2		33.7				44.9	31.6	31.5		35.6		44.4		44.4	$11,822	$319	$11,502
Sabetha High School	Public	9-12	1011 Bluejay Blvd	Sabetha	66534	Nemaha County	Prairie Hills	No	No	No	No	(785) 284-2155	232	21	11.2	25.0%	219 (94.4%)	3 (1.3%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.0%)	82.3	38^th of 318 public high schools	88.1%		88.9	16^th of 327 public high schools	95.1%	22							40.0	40.0							32.0	32.0			39.3	39.3	$10,078	$319	$9,759

Cities Near Sabetha

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Powhattan	13.08 mi	1
Hiawatha	14.24 mi	3	177^th
Seneca	15.23 mi	2	11^th
Centralia	21.59 mi	2	44^th
Horton	21.62 mi	2	245^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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