Education and Health Care in St. Marys.

Education
High quality public and private education is abundant in St. Marys and the surrounding area.

Public education in St. Marys is the responsibility of Unified School District 321, which serves St. Marys and several surrounding communities. The district office is in St. Marys as well as St. Marys Grade School (K-8) and St. Marys High School (9-12).

Private parochial K-12 education is provided by St. Marys Academy and College.

A private accredited degree-granting 4 year college is maintained by St. Marys Academy and College.

Highland Community College offers college level courses, adult education and technical training at its campus in Wamego, approximately 13 miles west of Wamego.

Washburn University is located in Topeka, 34 miles from St. Marys.

The University of Kansas campus is in Lawrence, 59 miles east.

The campus of Kansas State University is located in Manhattan, 26 miles west.

Health Care
Health care in St. Marys includes acute care, clinical services, physical, occupational, and speech therapies, minor surgery, outpatient services, home health, emergency room, x-ray, lab, and long-term care.

Emergency ambulance service is provided by the St. Marys station of Pottawatomie County EMS

Community HealthCare Systems, a private, non-profit, regional health care system, provides the following services:

Primary Health Care (Outpatient)
St. Marys Clinic

Acute Care
Community Hospital Onaga / St. Marys

Long Term Care
a 41 bed nursing facility

Other health care services in St. Marys are provided by:

• Verne Claussen, Optometrist
• Dr. McKenzie, dentist
• Dr. Carroll at the Jesuit Lane Family Clinic, family practice
• Craig Schmaltz at the Kaw Valley Physical Therapy Center, physical therapy

Topeka physicians also provide the following outpatient services at St Marys Clinic: orthopedic, cardiology, surgery, G.I., urology, ear, nose and throat, audiology and podiatry.