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Schools in Elkader Township

Elkader Township’s public schools

Oakley Unified School District 274 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Elkader Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools 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
28%
2021–22
Math proficiency
24%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.4K
▲ 3% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.9
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
456 students on the public path
In brief

Elkader Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Elkader Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Oakley Elem places highest (better than 58%); Oakley Middle School lowest (19%). 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 Elkader Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Oakley Elemin OakleyB
5–8Oakley Middle Schoolin OakleyC−
9–12Oakley Sr Highin OakleyC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Oakley Unified School District 274.

The district

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

Oakley Unified School District 274Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 456 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 11.9 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$15,419KS $14,966 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading28%
State average 32.5% · 209 students tested
Math24%
State average 29.4% · 216 students tested

Elkader Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Elkader Township—Oakley Unified School District 274
Lewis—Wheatland Unified School District 292 PK–12 · Healy Public Schools Unified School District 468 K–12
Logansport—Triplains Unified School District 275 PK–12 · Oakley Unified School District 274 PK–12
Lees—Oakley Unified School District 274
Oakley—Oakley Unified School District 274
Gaeland—Grinnell Public Schools Unified School District 291 PK–8 · Oakley Unified School District 274 PK–12

4 of the 5 neighbors share Oakley Unified School District 274 with Elkader Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Elkader Township

3 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 Elkader Townshipin other towns
Oakley Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Oakley
B
191 students14:1Rate it →
Oakley Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Oakley
C−
135 students13:1Rate it →
Oakley Sr High
High · Grades 9–12 · Oakley
C−
130 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Elkader Township’s schools

Are Elkader Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Elkader Township. Oakley Unified School District 274 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Elkader Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Elkader Township in?

Oakley Unified School District 274.

Where do Elkader Township kids go to high school?

Oakley 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.