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Schools in Cora Township

Cora Township’s public schools

Smith Center Unified School District 237 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cora 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
45%
2021–22
Math proficiency
20%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.3K
▲ 2% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.0
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
436 students on the public path
In brief

Cora Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Cora Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Smith Center Elem places highest (better than 77%); Smith Center Jr Sr High lowest (31%). 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 Cora Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Smith Center Elemin Smith CenterA−
7–12Smith Center Jr Sr Highin Smith CenterC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Smith Center Unified School District 237.

The district

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

Smith Center Unified School District 237Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 436 students, up 4% since 2020–21 · 11.0 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$15,327KS $14,966 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading45%
State average 32.5% · 231 students tested
Math20%
State average 29.4% · 230 students tested

Cora Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Cora Township—Smith Center Unified School District 237
Pawnee—Smith Center Unified School District 237
Blaine—Smith Center Unified School District 237
White Rock—Smith Center Unified School District 237
Washington—Smith Center Unified School District 237

All 4 neighbors share Smith Center Unified School District 237 with Cora Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Cora Township

2 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 Cora Townshipin other towns
Smith Center Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Smith Center
A−
253 students12:1Rate it →
Smith Center Jr Sr High
High · Grades 7–12 · Smith Center
C
183 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Cora Township’s schools

Are Cora Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Cora Township. Smith Center Unified School District 237 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cora 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 Cora Township in?

Smith Center Unified School District 237.

Where do Cora Township kids go to high school?

Smith Center Jr Sr 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.