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Schools in Cottonwood Township

Cottonwood Township’s public schools

Chase County Unified School District 284 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cottonwood 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 98% 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
32%
2021–22
Math proficiency
17%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.2K
▲ 9% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.7
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
409 students on the public path
In brief

Cottonwood Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Cottonwood Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Chase County Elementary School places highest (better than 81%); Chase County Junior Senior High School 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 Cottonwood Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Chase County Elementary Schoolin Strong CityA−
7–12Chase County Junior Senior High Schoolin Cottonwood FallsC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Chase County Unified School District 284.

The district

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

Chase County Unified School District 284Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 409 students, up 13% since 2020–21 · 11.7 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$16,244KS $14,966 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading32%
State average 32.5% · 190 students tested
Math17%
State average 29.4% · 191 students tested

Cottonwood Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Cottonwood Township—Chase County Unified School District 284
Bazaar—Chase County Unified School District 284
Cedar—Chase County Unified School District 284 PK–12 · Peabody-Burns Unified School District 398 PK–12
Diamond Creek—Chase County Unified School District 284
Doyle—Marion-Florence Unified School District 408
FallsC−Chase County Unified School District 284
Homestead—Chase County Unified School District 284
Grant—Marion-Florence Unified School District 408 PK–12 · Centre Unified School District 397 PK–12

5 of the 7 neighbors share Chase County Unified School District 284 with Cottonwood Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Cottonwood 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 Cottonwood Townshipin other towns
Chase County Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Strong City
A−
217 students12:1Rate it →
Chase County Junior Senior High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Cottonwood Falls
C
192 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Cottonwood Township’s schools

Are Cottonwood Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Cottonwood Township. Chase County Unified School District 284 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cottonwood 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 Cottonwood Township in?

Chase County Unified School District 284.

Where do Cottonwood Township kids go to high school?

Chase County Junior Senior 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.