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Schools in Benkelman Township

Benkelman Township’s public schools

St. Francis Community Schools Unified School District 297 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Benkelman 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
32%
2021–22
Math proficiency
32%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.2K
▲ 2% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.0
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
297 students on the public path
In brief

Benkelman Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Benkelman Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. St Francis Elem places highest (better than 81%); St Francis High lowest (31%). 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 Benkelman Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5St Francis Elemin St FrancisA−
6–12St Francis Highin St FrancisC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the St. Francis Community Schools Unified School District 297.

The district

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

St. Francis Community Schools Unified School District 297Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 297 students, up 10% since 2020–21 · 12.0 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$15,222KS $14,966 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading32%
State average 32.5% · 149 students tested
Math32%
State average 29.4% · 153 students tested

Benkelman Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Benkelman Township—St. Francis Community Schools Unified School District 297
Jaqua—St. Francis Community Schools Unified School District 297
WanoBSt. Francis Community Schools Unified School District 297
Grant—Goodland Unified School District 352

2 of the 3 neighbors share St. Francis Community Schools Unified School District 297 with Benkelman Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Benkelman 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 Benkelman Townshipin other towns
St Francis Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · St Francis
A−
133 students13:1Rate it →
St Francis High
High · Grades 6–12 · St Francis
C
164 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Benkelman Township’s schools

Are Benkelman Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Benkelman Township. St. Francis Community Schools Unified School District 297 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Benkelman 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 Benkelman Township in?

St. Francis Community Schools Unified School District 297.

Where do Benkelman Township kids go to high school?

St Francis High.

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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.