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Schools in Fairplay Township

Fairplay Township’s public schools

Marion-Florence Unified School District 408 and Peabody-Burns Unified School District 398 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Fairplay 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
39%
2021–22
Math proficiency
35%
2021–22
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.2K
▲ 1% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Marion-Florence Unified School District 408
Students per teacher
9.7
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
563 students on the public path
In brief

Fairplay Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Fairplay Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Marion Elem places highest (better than 87%); Peabody-Burns Jr/Sr High School lowest (27%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Fairplay Township, graded from C to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Marion Middle and Peabody-Burns Jr/Sr High 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 Fairplay Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC to A
6–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC to B

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Marion-Florence Unified School District 408.

Two districts serve Fairplay Township

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

Marion-Florence Unified School District 408Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 516 students, up 5% since 2020–21 · 10.7 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$15,175KS $14,966 · FY2024
B
Peabody-Burns Unified School District 398Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 206 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 8.0 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$19,502KS $14,966 · FY2024
D−
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Marion-Florence Unified School District 40839%
State average 32.5% · 271 students tested
Math · PK–12, Marion-Florence Unified School District 40835%
State average 29.4% · 271 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Peabody-Burns Unified School District 39817%
State average 32.5% · 89 students tested
Math · PK–12, Peabody-Burns Unified School District 39817%
State average 29.4% · 89 students tested

Fairplay Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Fairplay Township—Marion-Florence Unified School District 408 PK–12 · Peabody-Burns Unified School District 398 PK–12
Doyle—Marion-Florence Unified School District 408
Catlin—Peabody-Burns Unified School District 398
Florence—Marion-Florence Unified School District 408
Wilson—Marion-Florence Unified School District 408 PK–12 · Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh Unified School District 410 PK–12
Centre—Marion-Florence Unified School District 408
Grant—Marion-Florence Unified School District 408 PK–12 · Centre Unified School District 397 PK–12

5 of the 6 neighbors share Marion-Florence Unified School District 408 with Fairplay Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Fairplay 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 Fairplay Townshipin other towns
Marion Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Marion
A
238 students10:1Rate it →
Peabody-Burns Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Peabody
C
104 students9:1Rate it →
Marion Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Marion
B
119 students13:1Rate it →
Peabody-Burns Jr/Sr High School
High · Grades 6–12 · Peabody
C
102 students7:1Rate it →

Questions about Fairplay Township’s schools

Are Fairplay Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Fairplay Township. Marion-Florence Unified School District 408 and Peabody-Burns Unified School District 398 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Fairplay 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 Fairplay Township in?

Marion-Florence Unified School District 408 and Peabody-Burns Unified School District 398.

Where do Fairplay Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Marion Middle and Peabody-Burns Jr/Sr High 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.