These are the best Wichita-area school districts for 2022. Did yours make the cut?
The best school districts in this Wichita area are not located in the city, according to a recent ranking by Niche.
Niche looks at public data sets from the U.S. Department of Education, as well as online reviews to analyze and compare school districts. They give schools and districts a report card ranking (A+ to F) based on several factors, such as teachers, resources and college prep.
Wichita public schools didn’t make the top 15, where Niche stops ranking and scored a C+ as their overall grade.
Here are the top 10 best school districts in the Wichita area. You can see the rest of the rankings here or learn more about Niche’s methodology here.
10th Best School District in the Wichita Area: Clearwater Unified School District
Location: Clearwater, KS
Number of Students: 1,191
Total Schools: 3
Niche State Ranking: B
9th Best School District in the Wichita Area: Halstead Unified School District
Location: Halstead, KS
Number of Students: 813
Total Schools: 3
Niche State Ranking: B+
8th Best School District in the Wichita Area: Circle Unified School District
Location: Towanda, KS
Number of Students: 2,016
Total Schools: 6
Niche State Ranking: B+
7th Best School District in the Wichita Area: Sedgwick Public Schools
Location: Sedgwick, KS
Number of Students: 453
Total Schools: 2
Niche State Ranking: B+
6th Best School District in the Wichita Area: Derby Unified School District
Location: Derby, KS
Number of Students: 7,258
Total Schools: 12
Niche State Ranking: B+
5th Best School District in the Wichita Area: Valley Center Public Schools
Location: Valley Center, KS
Number of Students: 3,139
Total Schools: 7
Niche State Ranking: B+
4th Best School District in the Wichita Area: Renwick Unified School District
Location: Andale, KS
Number of Students: 1,812
Total Schools: 6
Niche State Ranking: A-
3rd Best School District in the Wichita Area: Andover Unified School District
Location: Andover, KS
Number of Students: 9,185
Total Schools: 11
Niche State Ranking: A-
2nd Best School District in the Wichita Area: Goddard Unified School District
Location: Goddard, KS
Number of Students: 5,985
Total Schools: 11
Niche State Ranking: A-
Best School District in the Wichita Area: Maize Unified School District
Location: Maize, KS
Number of Students: 8,000
Total Schools: 10
Niche State Ranking: A
This story was originally published October 7, 2021 at 4:09 AM with the headline "These are the best Wichita-area school districts for 2022. Did yours make the cut?."
