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Schools in Drum Creek Township

Drum Creek Township’s public schools

Cherryvale Unified School District 447 and Independence Unified School District 446 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Drum Creek Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/4schools 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
32%
2021–22
Math proficiency
21%
2021–22
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.1K
▼ 6% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Independence Unified School District 446
Students per teacher
12.2
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,555 students on the public path
In brief

Drum Creek Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Drum Creek Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Lincoln Central Elem places highest (better than 72%); Cherryvale Sr / Middle School lowest (11%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Drum Creek Township, graded from B to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two high schools: Independence Sr High and Cherryvale Sr / 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 Drum Creek Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–83 schoolsDepends on your addressB to B+
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressD to C+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Cherryvale Unified School District 447.

Two districts serve Drum Creek Township

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

Cherryvale Unified School District 447Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 682 students, down 9% since 2020–21 · 11.3 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$16,337KS $14,966 · FY2024
C
Independence Unified School District 446Grades PK–12 · 5 schools · 1,629 students, down 11% since 2020–21 · 12.7 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$14,088KS $14,966 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Cherryvale Unified School District 44732%
State average 32.5% · 400 students tested
Math · PK–12, Cherryvale Unified School District 44721%
State average 29.4% · 400 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Independence Unified School District 44632%
State average 32.5% · 957 students tested
Math · PK–12, Independence Unified School District 44631%
State average 29.4% · 989 students tested

Drum Creek Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Drum Creek Township—Cherryvale Unified School District 447 PK–12 · Independence Unified School District 446 PK–12
Liberty—Coffeyville Unified School District 445 PK–12 · Cherryvale Unified School District 447 PK–12
IndependenceC+Independence Unified School District 446
Sycamore—Independence Unified School District 446 PK–12 · Neodesha Unified School District 461 PK–12
Cherry—Cherryvale Unified School District 447
Mound Valley—Labette County Unified School District 506
West Cherry—Independence Unified School District 446 PK–12 · Neodesha Unified School District 461 PK–12 · Cherryvale Unified School District 447 PK–12

3 of the 6 neighbors share Cherryvale Unified School District 447 with Drum Creek Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Drum Creek 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 Drum Creek Townshipin other towns
Eisenhower Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Independence
323 students12:1Rate it →
Lincoln Central Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Cherryvale
B+
268 students11:1Rate it →
Thayer Schools
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Thayer
B
137 students12:1Rate it →
Cherryvale Sr / Middle School
High · Grades 7–12 · Cherryvale
D
277 students11:1Rate it →
Independence Sr High
High · Grades 9–12 · Independence
C+
550 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Drum Creek Township’s schools

Are Drum Creek Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Drum Creek Township. Cherryvale Unified School District 447 and Independence Unified School District 446 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Drum Creek Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Drum Creek Township in?

Cherryvale Unified School District 447 and Independence Unified School District 446.

Where do Drum Creek Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Independence Sr High and Cherryvale Sr / Middle 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.