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Schools in Bethany Township

Bethany Township’s public schools

Osborne County Unified School District 392 and Waconda Unified School District 272 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bethany Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?5/5schools 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
47%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.0K
▲ 7% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Osborne County Unified School District 392
Students per teacher
10.3
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
687 students on the public path
In brief

Bethany Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

5 of Bethany Township’s 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Tipton Community School places highest (better than 98%); Lakeside Junior/Senior High School lowest (54%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Bethany Township, graded from A to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then three middle schools: Osborne Junior/Senior High, Lakeside Junior/Senior High School and Tipton Community 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 Bethany Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–53 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressA to A+
6–123 schoolsDepends on your addressB− to A+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Osborne County Unified School District 392.

Two districts serve Bethany Township

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

Osborne County Unified School District 392Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 351 students, up 6% since 2020–21 · 9.4 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$15,953KS $14,966 · FY2024
A
Waconda Unified School District 272Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 336 students, up 5% since 2020–21 · 11.4 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$17,141KS $14,966 · FY2024
A+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Osborne County Unified School District 39242%
State average 32.5% · 159 students tested
Math · PK–12, Osborne County Unified School District 39247%
State average 29.4% · 160 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Waconda Unified School District 27252%
State average 32.5% · 151 students tested
Math · PK–12, Waconda Unified School District 27257%
State average 29.4% · 153 students tested

Bethany Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Bethany Township—Osborne County Unified School District 392 PK–12 · Waconda Unified School District 272 PK–12
Lawrence—Osborne County Unified School District 392
Ross—Waconda Unified School District 272
Penn—Osborne County Unified School District 392
Garfield—Osborne County Unified School District 392 PK–12 · Smith Center Unified School District 237 PK–12
Lincoln—Waconda Unified School District 272

3 of the 5 neighbors share Osborne County Unified School District 392 with Bethany Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Bethany Township

5 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 Bethany Townshipin other towns
Osborne Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Osborne
A
194 students10:1Rate it →
Lakeside Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cawker City
A
163 students14:1Rate it →
Tipton Community School
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Tipton
A+
46 students12:1Rate it →
Osborne Junior/Senior High
High · Grades 6–12 · Osborne
A−
157 students8:1Rate it →
Lakeside Junior/Senior High School
High · Grades 6–12 · Downs
B−
127 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Bethany Township’s schools

Are Bethany Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Bethany Township. Osborne County Unified School District 392 and Waconda Unified School District 272 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bethany Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 5 of its 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Bethany Township in?

Osborne County Unified School District 392 and Waconda Unified School District 272.

Where do Bethany Township kids go to high school?

One of three high schools, depending on your address: Osborne Junior/Senior High, Lakeside Junior/Senior High School and Tipton Community 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.