Clay County Schools

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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.

1. A Clay Center Community High Clay Center (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
2. B+ Lincoln Elem Clay Center (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
3. B+ Garfield Elem Clay Center (Elementary school, meets expectations)
4. C+ Clay Center Community Middle Clay Center (Middle school, exceeds expectations)
5. C- Wakefield High (High school, exceeds expectations)
6. D+ Wakefield Elem (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)

High schools (2)

• A Clay Center Community High Clay Center, Clay Center
• C- Wakefield High, Wakefield

Middle and junior high schools (1)

• C+ Clay Center Community Middle Clay Center, Clay Center

Elementary and primary schools (3)

• B+ Garfield Elem Clay Center, Clay Center
• B+ Lincoln Elem Clay Center, Clay Center
• D+ Wakefield Elem, Wakefield

Other schools and academies (1)

• Elearn 379 Virtual School Clay Center, Clay Center

Cities and towns served (2)

• Clay Center (5)
• Wakefield (2)

• State: Best schools in Kansas
• County: Clay County
• Type: regular local school district
• Setting: distant town (NCES locale of the district office)
• Enrollment: 1,334 students with 111 full-time-equivalent teachers and 220 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
• NCES district ID: 2004890
• Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works

• Clifton-Clyde (3 schools, 19 mi)
• Southern Cloud (4 schools, 25 mi)
• Blue Valley (3 schools, 26 mi)
• Abilene (6 schools, 28 mi)
• Chapman (6 schools, 28 mi)
• Geary County Schools (15 schools, 29 mi)
• Concordia (3 schools, 32 mi)
• Valley Heights (3 schools, 35 mi)