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Schools in Gaeland Township

Gaeland Township’s public schools

Grinnell Public Schools Unified School District 291 and Oakley Unified School District 274 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Gaeland Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/4schools 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
27%
2021–22
Math proficiency
17%
2021–22
Spent per student
$15.4K
▲ 3% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Oakley Unified School District 274
Students per teacher
10.9
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
521 students on the public path
In brief

Gaeland Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Gaeland Township’s 4 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 ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Gaeland Township, graded from C to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and one high school: Oakley Sr 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 Gaeland Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–42 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC to B
5–82 middle schoolsDepends on your addressC−
9–12Oakley Sr Highin OakleyC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Grinnell Public Schools Unified School District 291.

Two districts serve Gaeland Township

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

Grinnell Public Schools Unified School District 291Grades PK–8 · 2 schools · 65 students, up 10% since 2020–21 · 6.8 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$32,949KS $14,966 · FY2024
D
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

Reading · PK–8, Grinnell Public Schools Unified School District 29127%
State average 32.5% · 65 students tested
Math · PK–8, Grinnell Public Schools Unified School District 29117%
State average 29.4% · 65 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Oakley Unified School District 27428%
State average 32.5% · 209 students tested
Math · PK–12, Oakley Unified School District 27424%
State average 29.4% · 216 students tested

Gaeland Township vs. its neighbors

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

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

2 of the 4 neighbors share Oakley Unified School District 274 with Gaeland Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Gaeland Township

5 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 Gaeland Townshipin other towns
Oakley Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Oakley
B
191 students14:1Rate it →
Grinnell Grade School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Grinnell
C
43 students8:1Rate it →
Oakley Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Oakley
C−
135 students13:1Rate it →
Grinnell Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Grinnell
22 students5:1Rate it →
Oakley Sr High
High · Grades 9–12 · Oakley
C−
130 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Gaeland Township’s schools

Are Gaeland Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Gaeland Township. Grinnell Public Schools Unified School District 291 and Oakley Unified School District 274 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Gaeland Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Gaeland Township in?

Grinnell Public Schools Unified School District 291 and Oakley Unified School District 274.

Where do Gaeland 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.