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Schools in Alamota Township

Alamota Township’s public schools

Dighton Unified School District 482 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Alamota Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Kansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Kansas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
42%
2021–22
Math proficiency
52%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.9K
▲ 20% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.2
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
225 students on the public path
In brief

Alamota Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Alamota Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Dighton Elem places highest (better than 84%); Dighton High lowest (46%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Alamota Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Dighton Elemin DightonA−
7–12Dighton Highin DightonB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Dighton Unified School District 482.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Dighton Unified School District 482Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 225 students, down 10% since 2020–21 · 9.2 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$17,939KS $14,966 · FY2024
A+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading42%
State average 32.5% · 124 students tested
Math52%
State average 29.4% · 126 students tested

Alamota Township vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Kansas towns that share Alamota Township’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Alamota Township—Dighton Unified School District 482
DightonA+Dighton Unified School District 482
White Rock—Dighton Unified School District 482
Garfield—Garden City Unified School District 457 PK–12 · Cimarron-Ensign Unified School District 102 PK–12
Eden—Ness City Unified School District 303
Johnson—Ness City Unified School District 303

2 of the 5 neighbors share Dighton Unified School District 482 with Alamota Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Alamota Township

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Kansas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Alamota Townshipin other towns
Dighton Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Dighton
A−
139 students11:1Rate it →
Dighton High
High · Grades 7–12 · Dighton
B−
86 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Alamota Township’s schools

Are Alamota Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Alamota Township. Dighton Unified School District 482 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Alamota Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Alamota Township in?

Dighton Unified School District 482.

Where do Alamota Township kids go to high school?

Dighton High.

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What Alamota Township families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.