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Schools in Empire Township

Empire Township’s public schools

Ellsworth Unified School District 327 and Smoky Valley Unified School District 400 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Empire Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/4schools 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
35%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$10.8K
▼ 28% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Smoky Valley Unified School District 400
Students per teacher
12.5
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,059 students on the public path
In brief

Empire Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Empire Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Soderstrom Elem places highest (better than 90%); Ellsworth High lowest (31%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Empire Township, graded from B+ to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Ellsworth High and Smoky Valley 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 Empire Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–42 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB+ to A
5–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC to B−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Ellsworth Unified School District 327.

Two districts serve Empire Township

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

Ellsworth Unified School District 327Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 629 students, up 9% since 2020–21 · 12.2 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$14,687KS $14,966 · FY2024
B
Smoky Valley Unified School District 400Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,216 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 12.8 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$10,808KS $14,966 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Ellsworth Unified School District 32732%
State average 32.5% · 362 students tested
Math · PK–12, Ellsworth Unified School District 32735%
State average 29.4% · 362 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Smoky Valley Unified School District 40032%
State average 32.5% · 458 students tested
Math · PK–12, Smoky Valley Unified School District 40029%
State average 29.4% · 458 students tested

Empire Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Empire Township—Ellsworth Unified School District 327 PK–12 · Smoky Valley Unified School District 400 PK–12
Ash Creek—Ellsworth Unified School District 327
Carneiro—Ellsworth Unified School District 327 PK–12 · Ell-Saline Unified School District 307 PK–12
Trivoli—Ellsworth Unified School District 327
Clear Creek—Ellsworth Unified School District 327
Langley—Smoky Valley Unified School District 400 PK–12 · Ellsworth Unified School District 327 PK–12
Falun—Smoky Valley Unified School District 400 PK–12 · Ell-Saline Unified School District 307 PK–12
Spring Creek—Ell-Saline Unified School District 307

5 of the 7 neighbors share Ellsworth Unified School District 327 with Empire Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Empire Township

4 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 Empire Townshipin other towns
Soderstrom Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Lindsborg
A
318 students15:1Rate it →
Ellsworth Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Ellsworth
B+
188 students12:1Rate it →
Smoky Valley Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Lindsborg
B−
253 students14:1Rate it →
Ellsworth High
High · Grades 7–12 · Ellsworth
C
300 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Empire Township’s schools

Are Empire Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Empire Township. Ellsworth Unified School District 327 and Smoky Valley Unified School District 400 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Empire Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 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 Empire Township in?

Ellsworth Unified School District 327 and Smoky Valley Unified School District 400.

Where do Empire Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Ellsworth High and Smoky Valley 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.