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Schools in Cherokee Township

Cherokee Township’s public schools

Cherokee Unified School District 247 and Columbus Unified School District 493 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cherokee Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools 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
18%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.4K
▼ 4% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Columbus Unified School District 493
Students per teacher
11.2
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
923 students on the public path
In brief

Cherokee Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Cherokee Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Southeast Elementary School places highest (better than 87%); Columbus Junior High and High School lowest (22%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Cherokee Township, graded from A to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Columbus Junior High and High School and Southeast Middle 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 Cherokee Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–42 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressA
5–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC− to C

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Cherokee Unified School District 247.

Two districts serve Cherokee Township

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

Cherokee Unified School District 247Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 429 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 9.0 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$18,720KS $14,966 · FY2024
C−
Columbus Unified School District 493Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 994 students, up 27% since 2020–21 · 12.6 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$14,442KS $14,966 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Cherokee Unified School District 24731%
State average 32.5% · 238 students tested
Math · PK–12, Cherokee Unified School District 24718%
State average 29.4% · 238 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Columbus Unified School District 49328%
State average 32.5% · 469 students tested
Math · PK–12, Columbus Unified School District 49325%
State average 29.4% · 469 students tested

Cherokee Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Cherokee Township—Cherokee Unified School District 247 PK–12 · Columbus Unified School District 493 PK–12
Mineral—Columbus Unified School District 493

Every school in Cherokee Township

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 Cherokee Townshipin other towns
Park Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–1 · Columbus
208 students16:1Rate it →
Southeast Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Weir
A
149 students10:1Rate it →
Southeast Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Cherokee
C
128 students10:1Rate it →
Columbus Junior High and High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Columbus
C−
438 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Cherokee Township’s schools

Are Cherokee Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Cherokee Township. Cherokee Unified School District 247 and Columbus Unified School District 493 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cherokee Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Cherokee Township in?

Cherokee Unified School District 247 and Columbus Unified School District 493.

Where do Cherokee Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Columbus Junior High and High School and Southeast Middle School.

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What Cherokee Township families are saying about 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.