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Schools in Custer Township

Custer Township’s public schools

Sylvan Grove Unified School District 299 and Waconda Unified School District 272 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Custer Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?4/5schools 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
37%
2021–22
Math proficiency
32%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.1K
▲ 15% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Waconda Unified School District 272
Students per teacher
10.8
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
605 students on the public path
In brief

Custer Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of Custer Township’s 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Tipton Community School places highest (better than 98%); Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr lowest (22%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Custer Township, graded from A to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two high schools: Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr and Lakeside Junior/Senior High 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 Custer Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–83 schoolsDepends on your addressA to A+
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressC− to B−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Sylvan Grove Unified School District 299.

Two districts serve Custer Township

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

Sylvan Grove Unified School District 299Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 269 students, up 7% since 2020–21 · 10.0 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$15,514KS $14,966 · FY2024
B+
Waconda Unified School District 272Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 336 students, up 5% since 2020–21 · 11.4 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$17,141KS $14,966 · FY2024
A+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Sylvan Grove Unified School District 29937%
State average 32.5% · 116 students tested
Math · PK–12, Sylvan Grove Unified School District 29932%
State average 29.4% · 115 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Waconda Unified School District 27252%
State average 32.5% · 151 students tested
Math · PK–12, Waconda Unified School District 27257%
State average 29.4% · 153 students tested

Custer Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Custer Township—Sylvan Grove Unified School District 299 PK–12 · Waconda Unified School District 272 PK–12
Blue Hill—Sylvan Grove Unified School District 299 PK–12 · Beloit Unified School District 273 PK–12
Pittsburg—Waconda Unified School District 272

Every school in Custer Township

5 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 Custer Townshipin other towns
Lakeside Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cawker City
A
163 students14:1Rate it →
Lucas/Sylvan Elementary Unified
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Lucas
A
125 students10:1Rate it →
Tipton Community School
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Tipton
A+
46 students12:1Rate it →
Lakeside Junior/Senior High School
High · Grades 6–12 · Downs
B−
127 students9:1Rate it →
Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr
High · Grades 7–12 · Sylvan Grove
C−
144 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Custer Township’s schools

Are Custer Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Custer Township. Sylvan Grove Unified School District 299 and Waconda Unified School District 272 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Custer Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Custer Township in?

Sylvan Grove Unified School District 299 and Waconda Unified School District 272.

Where do Custer Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr and Lakeside 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.