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Schools in Alta Vista

Alta Vista’s public schools

Morris County Unified School District 417 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Alta Vista. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/3schools above Kansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% 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
32%
2021–22
Math proficiency
37%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.2K
▲ 8% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.3
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
762 students on the public path
In brief

Alta Vista’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Alta Vista’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Prairie Heights Elementary School places highest (better than 95%); Council Grove Junior Senior High School lowest (58%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Alta Vista, graded from B+ to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school: Council Grove Junior Senior High School. 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 Alta Vista, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressB+ to A+
7–12Council Grove Junior Senior High Schoolin Council GroveB

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Morris County Unified School District 417.

The district

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

Morris County Unified School District 417Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 762 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 11.3 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$16,234KS $14,966 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading32%
State average 32.5% · 402 students tested
Math37%
State average 29.4% · 401 students tested

Alta Vista vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Kansas towns that share Alta Vista’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Alta Vista—Morris County Unified School District 417

Every school in Alta Vista

3 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 Alta Vistain other towns
Council Grove Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Council Grove
B+
318 students12:1Rate it →
Prairie Heights Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–6
A+
76 students8:1Rate it →
Council Grove Junior Senior High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Council Grove
B
368 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Alta Vista’s schools

Are Alta Vista’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Alta Vista. Morris County Unified School District 417 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Alta Vista. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Alta Vista in?

Morris County Unified School District 417.

Where do Alta Vista kids go to high school?

Council Grove Junior Senior High School.

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What Alta Vista 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.