Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Durham Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Schools in Durham Township

Durham Township’s public schools

North Ottawa County Unified School District 239 and Clay Center Unified School District 379 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Durham Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/6schools 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
35%
2021–22
Math proficiency
39%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.5K
▲ 17% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Clay Center Unified School District 379
Students per teacher
10.9
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,474 students on the public path
In brief

Durham Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Durham Township’s 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Lincoln Elem places highest (better than 87%); Wakefield High lowest (31%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Durham Township, graded from C+ to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then three high schools: Clay Center Community High, Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School and Wakefield High. 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 Durham Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–83 schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to A
9–123 high schoolsDepends on your addressC to B−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the North Ottawa County Unified School District 239.

Two districts serve Durham Township

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

North Ottawa County Unified School District 239Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 598 students · 10.1 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$15,357KS $14,966 · FY2024
A−
Clay Center Unified School District 379Grades PK–12 · 6 schools · 1,272 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 11.4 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$17,478KS $14,966 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, North Ottawa County Unified School District 23935%
State average 32.5% · 350 students tested
Math · PK–12, North Ottawa County Unified School District 23939%
State average 29.4% · 350 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Clay Center Unified School District 37931%
State average 32.5% · 663 students tested
Math · PK–12, Clay Center Unified School District 37935%
State average 29.4% · 663 students tested

Durham Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Durham Township—North Ottawa County Unified School District 239 PK–12 · Clay Center Unified School District 379 PK–12
Ottawa—Solomon Unified School District 393 PK–12 · Twin Valley Unified School District 240 PK–12
Chapman—Southern Cloud Unified School District 334 PK–12 · North Ottawa County Unified School District 239 PK–12 · Clay Center Unified School District 379 PK–12
Grant—North Ottawa County Unified School District 239

2 of the 3 neighbors share North Ottawa County Unified School District 239 with Durham Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Durham Township

6 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 Durham Townshipin other towns
Lincoln Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Clay Center
A
341 students11:1Rate it →
Minneapolis Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Minneapolis
B
298 students10:1Rate it →
Wakefield Elem
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Wakefield
C+
129 students9:1Rate it →
Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Minneapolis
B−
300 students10:1Rate it →
Clay Center Community High
High · Grades 9–12 · Clay Center
B−
326 students13:1Rate it →
Wakefield High
High · Grades 9–12 · Wakefield
C
80 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Durham Township’s schools

Are Durham Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Durham Township. North Ottawa County Unified School District 239 and Clay Center Unified School District 379 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Durham Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Durham Township in?

North Ottawa County Unified School District 239 and Clay Center Unified School District 379.

Where do Durham Township kids go to high school?

One of three high schools, depending on your address: Clay Center Community High, Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School and Wakefield High.

Parents talk

What Durham Township families are saying about school.

Town Square →
Start the conversation

Looking for colleges? Colleges near Durham Township → They have their own page.

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.