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Schools in Benton Township

Benton Township’s public schools

Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Benton 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 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
30%
2021–22
Math proficiency
27%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.6K
▲ 11% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.5
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
2
498 students on the public path
In brief

Benton Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Benton Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Atchison County Community Elementary School places highest (better than 81%); Atchison County Community JR/SR High lowest (11%). 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 Benton Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Atchison County Community Elementary SchoolAtchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377A−
7–12Atchison County Community JR/SR HighAtchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377D

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377.

The district

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

Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 498 students, up 4% since 2020–21 · 10.5 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$16,591KS $14,966 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading30%
State average 32.5% · 252 students tested
Math27%
State average 29.4% · 252 students tested

Benton Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Benton Township—Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377
Kapioma—Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377
Center—Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377
Lancaster—Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377
Norton—Jefferson County North Unified School District 339
Grasshopper—Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377

4 of the 5 neighbors share Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377 with Benton Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Benton 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).

District schools in Benton Townshipby address
Atchison County Community Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Effingham
A−
244 students12:1Rate it →
Atchison County Community JR/SR High
High · Grades 7–12 · Effingham
D
254 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Benton Township’s schools

Are Benton Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Benton Township. Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Benton 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 Benton Township in?

Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377.

Where do Benton Township kids go to high school?

Atchison County Community JR/SR 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.