The Clay Center, KS educational system consists of 4 public schools, n/a private schools and n/a post-secondary schools. Clay Center public schools have average test scores of 38% which is 2% higher than than the Kansas average and 22% lower than than the national average. The student to teach ratio of Clay Center public schools is 12:1, compared to 14:1 in Kansas and 16:1 across all of the United States. A total of 90.7% of students have completed 8th grade, 88.8% have completed high school, 25.0% have completed a bachelor’s degree and 1.2% have completed a doctorate degree.