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Schools in Cottage Hill Township

Cottage Hill Township’s public schools

Valley Heights Unified School District 498 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cottage Hill 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
48%
2021–22
Math proficiency
49%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.4K
▲ 17% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.0
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
398 students on the public path
In brief

Cottage Hill Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Cottage Hill Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Valley Heights Elem places highest (better than 97%); Valley Heights 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 Cottage Hill Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–2Valley Heights Elementary - Watervillein WatervilleNo scores
3–6Valley Heights Elemin Blue RapidsA+
7–12Valley Heights Jr/Sr Highin Blue RapidsC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Valley Heights Unified School District 498.

The district

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

Valley Heights Unified School District 498Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 398 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 12.0 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$17,436KS $14,966 · FY2024
A+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading48%
State average 32.5% · 220 students tested
Math49%
State average 29.4% · 220 students tested

Cottage Hill Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Cottage Hill Township—Valley Heights Unified School District 498
Blue Rapids—Valley Heights Unified School District 498
Waterville—Valley Heights Unified School District 498
Lincoln—Barnes Unified School District 223 PK–12 · Valley Heights Unified School District 498 PK–12
Swede Creek—Blue Valley Unified School District 384

3 of the 4 neighbors share Valley Heights Unified School District 498 with Cottage Hill Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Cottage Hill 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 Cottage Hill Townshipin other towns
Valley Heights Elementary - Waterville
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Waterville
112 students12:1Rate it →
Valley Heights Elem
Elementary · Grades 3–6 · Blue Rapids
A+
120 students13:1Rate it →
Valley Heights Jr/Sr High
High · Grades 7–12 · Blue Rapids
C
166 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Cottage Hill Township’s schools

Are Cottage Hill Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Cottage Hill Township. Valley Heights Unified School District 498 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cottage Hill 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 Cottage Hill Township in?

Valley Heights Unified School District 498.

Where do Cottage Hill Township kids go to high school?

Valley Heights 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.