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Schools in Center Township

Center Township’s public schools

Russell County Unified School District 407 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Center 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
31%
2021–22
Math proficiency
28%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.8K
▲ 12% 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

Center Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Center Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Bickerdyke Elem places highest (better than 62%); Russell Junior-Senior High lowest (14%). 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 Center Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–1Simpson Elemin RussellNo scores
2–6Bickerdyke Elemin RussellB
7–12Russell Junior-Senior Highin RussellD

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Russell County Unified School District 407.

The district

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

Russell County Unified School District 407Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 762 students, up 21% since 2020–21 · 11.3 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$16,753KS $14,966 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading31%
State average 32.5% · 408 students tested
Math28%
State average 29.4% · 409 students tested

Center Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Center Township—Russell County Unified School District 407
Plymouth—Central Plains Unified School District 112
Fairfield—Russell County Unified School District 407
Russell—Russell County Unified School District 407
Luray—Sylvan Grove Unified School District 299
Waldo—Paradise Unified School District 399 PK–12 · Russell County Unified School District 407 PK–12 · Sylvan Grove Unified School District 299 PK–12
Grant—Russell County Unified School District 407
Beaver—Central Plains Unified School District 112
Dorrance—Central Plains Unified School District 112

4 of the 8 neighbors share Russell County Unified School District 407 with Center Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Center Township

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 Center Townshipin other towns
Simpson Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–1 · Russell
173 students14:1Rate it →
Bickerdyke Elem
Elementary · Grades 2–6 · Russell
B
261 students12:1Rate it →
Russell Junior-Senior High
High · Grades 7–12 · Russell
D
328 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Center Township’s schools

Are Center Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Center Township. Russell County Unified School District 407 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Center 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 Center Township in?

Russell County Unified School District 407.

Where do Center Township kids go to high school?

Russell Junior-Senior 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.