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Schools in Centropolis

Centropolis’s public schools

West Franklin Unified School District 287 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Centropolis. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/4schools above Kansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 86% 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
25%
2021–22
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.7K
▲ 12% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.4
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
642 students on the public path
In brief

Centropolis’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Centropolis’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Appanoose Elementary School places highest (better than 58%); West Franklin High School lowest (22%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Centropolis, graded from B− to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: West Franklin 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 Centropolis, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB− to B
6–8West Franklin Middle Schoolin PomonaC
9–12West Franklin High Schoolin PomonaC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the West Franklin Unified School District 287.

The district

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

West Franklin Unified School District 287Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 642 students, up 5% since 2020–21 · 10.4 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$16,705KS $14,966 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading31%
State average 32.5% · 301 students tested
Math25%
State average 29.4% · 289 students tested

Centropolis vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Centropolis—West Franklin Unified School District 287

Every school in Centropolis

4 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 Centropolisin other towns
Appanoose Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Pomona
B
191 students11:1Rate it →
Williamsburg Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Williamsburg
B−
102 students9:1Rate it →
West Franklin Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Pomona
C
149 students11:1Rate it →
West Franklin High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Pomona
C−
200 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Centropolis’s schools

Are Centropolis’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Centropolis. West Franklin Unified School District 287 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Centropolis. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Centropolis in?

West Franklin Unified School District 287.

Where do Centropolis kids go to high school?

West Franklin High 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.