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Prairie Hills Schools
Prairie Hills is a public school district in Kansas, based in Nemaha County (Sabetha). SchoolGrade grades 7 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Prairie Hills on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Prairie Hills
5 of 7 schools in Prairie Hills carry a SchoolGrade (2 have no school-level proficiency results in our source data). Grade distribution:
A: 2B: 3
Best schools in Prairie Hills
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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.
- A Sabetha High School (High school, exceeds expectations)
- A- Axtell Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- B+ Sabetha Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- B Sabetha Middle School (Middle school, meets expectations)
- B Axtell High (High school, doesn't meet expectations)
Every school in Prairie Hills
High schools (3)
- B Axtell High, Axtell
- A Sabetha High School, Sabetha
- Wetmore High, Wetmore
Middle and junior high schools (1)
- B Sabetha Middle School, Sabetha
Elementary and primary schools (3)
- A- Axtell Elementary School, Axtell
- B+ Sabetha Elementary School, Sabetha
- Wetmore Elementary, Wetmore
Where Prairie Hills schools are
About this district
- State: Best schools in Kansas
- County: Nemaha County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: remote rural (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 925 students with 78 full-time-equivalent teachers and 148 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 2000350
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Hiawatha (3 schools, 17 mi)
- South Brown County (3 schools, 21 mi)
- Vermillion (4 schools, 27 mi)
- Holton (3 schools, 32 mi)
- Royal Valley (3 schools, 41 mi)
- Atchison Public Schools (4 schools, 42 mi)
- Kaw Valley (4 schools, 46 mi)
- Valley Heights (3 schools, 47 mi)
Questions about Prairie Hills
How many schools are in Prairie Hills?
SchoolGrade grades 7 public schools in Prairie Hills, across 3 cities and towns. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Prairie Hills serve?
The largest by graded schools: Sabetha, Axtell, Wetmore.
How good are the schools in Prairie Hills?
Across the 5 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is B+, with 51.4% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 41.2%. 80% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Prairie Hills?
925 students were enrolled in Prairie Hills in the 2023-24 school year, about 11.9 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Prairie Hills?
Prairie Hills is in Kansas, based in Nemaha County, with its district office in Sabetha. Its boundary covers about 527 sq mi.