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Schools in Effingham

Effingham’s public schools

Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Effingham. 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
30%
2021–22
Math proficiency
27%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.6K
▲ 11% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.5
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
498 students on the public path
In brief

Effingham’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Effingham’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Atchison County Community Elementary School places highest (better than 81%); Atchison County Community JR/SR High lowest (11%). 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 Effingham, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Atchison County Community Elementary SchoolAtchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377A−
7–12Atchison County Community JR/SR HighAtchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377D

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377.

The district

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

Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 498 students, up 4% since 2020–21 · 10.5 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$16,591KS $14,966 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading30%
State average 32.5% · 252 students tested
Math27%
State average 29.4% · 252 students tested

Effingham vs. its neighbors

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

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Effingham—Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377

Every school in Effingham

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 Effinghamin other towns
Atchison County Community Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
A−
244 students12:1Rate it →
Atchison County Community JR/SR High
High · Grades 7–12
D
254 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Effingham’s schools

Are Effingham’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Effingham. Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Effingham. 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 Effingham in?

Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377.

Where do Effingham kids go to high school?

Atchison County Community 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.