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Schools in Clay Township

Clay Township’s public schools

Douglass Public Schools Unified School District 396, Bluestem Unified School District 205 and Central Unified School District 462 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Clay Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/6schools 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
29%
2021–22
Math proficiency
27%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.7K
▲ 5% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Douglass Public Schools Unified School District 396
Students per teacher
10.5
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,190 students on the public path
In brief

Clay Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Clay Township’s 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Leonard C Seal Elem places highest (better than 72%); Bluestem Jr/Sr High lowest (11%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Clay Township, graded from C+ to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then three middle schools: Bluestem Jr/Sr High, Central Jr-Sr High and Marvin Sisk 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 Clay Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–63 schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B+
7–123 schoolsDepends on your addressD to C+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Douglass Public Schools Unified School District 396.

Three districts serve Clay Township

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

Douglass Public Schools Unified School District 396Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 587 students, down 10% since 2020–21 · 10.1 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$15,655KS $14,966 · FY2024
C
Bluestem Unified School District 205Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 508 students, up 2% since 2020–21 · 10.4 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$14,788KS $14,966 · FY2024
D
Central Unified School District 462Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 301 students · 11.4 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$17,977KS $14,966 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Douglass Public Schools Unified School District 39629%
State average 32.5% · 303 students tested
Math · PK–12, Douglass Public Schools Unified School District 39627%
State average 29.4% · 302 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Bluestem Unified School District 20523%
State average 32.5% · 272 students tested
Math · PK–12, Bluestem Unified School District 20517%
State average 29.4% · 274 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Central Unified School District 46232%
State average 32.5% · 158 students tested
Math · PK–12, Central Unified School District 46232%
State average 29.4% · 157 students tested

Clay Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Clay Township—Douglass Public Schools Unified School District 396 PK–12 · Bluestem Unified School District 205 PK–12 · Central Unified School District 462 PK–12
Union—Bluestem Unified School District 205
Rock Creek—Douglass Public Schools Unified School District 396
Omnia—Central Unified School District 462
Logan—Bluestem Unified School District 205

2 of the 4 neighbors share Bluestem Unified School District 205 with Clay Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Clay Township

6 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 Clay Townshipin other towns
Bluestem Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Leon
C+
267 students12:1Rate it →
Leonard C Seal Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Douglass
B+
263 students11:1Rate it →
Central Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Burden
B
162 students17:1Rate it →
Marvin Sisk Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Douglass
C+
118 students8:1Rate it →
Bluestem Jr/Sr High
High · Grades 7–12 · Leon
D
241 students9:1Rate it →
Central Jr-Sr High
High · Grades 7–12 · Burden
C−
139 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Clay Township’s schools

Are Clay Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Clay Township. Douglass Public Schools Unified School District 396, Bluestem Unified School District 205 and Central Unified School District 462 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Clay Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Clay Township in?

Douglass Public Schools Unified School District 396, Bluestem Unified School District 205 and Central Unified School District 462.

Where do Clay Township kids go to high school?

One of three high schools, depending on your address: Bluestem Jr/Sr High, Central Jr-Sr High and Marvin Sisk Middle School.

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What Clay 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.