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Schools in Garfield Township

Garfield Township’s public schools

Solomon Unified School District 393 and Abilene Unified School District 435 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Garfield 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
27%
2021–22
Math proficiency
32%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.4K
▼ 11% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Abilene Unified School District 435
Students per teacher
12.3
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,118 students on the public path
In brief

Garfield Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Garfield Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Solomon Elem places highest (better than 58%); Solomon High lowest (24%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Garfield Township, graded from B to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two high schools: Abilene High School and Solomon 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 Garfield Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–82 schoolsDepends on your addressB
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressC− to C

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Solomon Unified School District 393.

Two districts serve Garfield Township

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

Solomon Unified School District 393Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 399 students, up 8% since 2020–21 · 10.5 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$16,540KS $14,966 · FY2024
C+
Abilene Unified School District 435Grades PK–12 · 6 schools · 1,476 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 13.0 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$13,372KS $14,966 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Solomon Unified School District 39327%
State average 32.5% · 198 students tested
Math · PK–12, Solomon Unified School District 39332%
State average 29.4% · 198 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Abilene Unified School District 43542%
State average 32.5% · 732 students tested
Math · PK–12, Abilene Unified School District 43525%
State average 29.4% · 740 students tested

Garfield Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Garfield Township—Solomon Unified School District 393 PK–12 · Abilene Unified School District 435 PK–12
Wheatland—Chapman Unified School District 473
LincolnB−Solomon Unified School District 393 PK–12 · Abilene Unified School District 435 PK–12
Newbern—Chapman Unified School District 473
Solomon—Southeast of Saline Unified School District 306 PK–12 · Solomon Unified School District 393 PK–12

2 of the 4 neighbors share Solomon Unified School District 393 with Garfield Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Garfield 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 Garfield Townshipin other towns
Solomon Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Solomon
B
283 students11:1Rate it →
Kennedy Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–1 · Abilene
276 students17:1Rate it →
Abilene High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Abilene
C
443 students11:1Rate it →
Solomon High
High · Grades 9–12 · Solomon
C−
116 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Garfield Township’s schools

Are Garfield Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Garfield Township. Solomon Unified School District 393 and Abilene Unified School District 435 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Garfield 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 Garfield Township in?

Solomon Unified School District 393 and Abilene Unified School District 435.

Where do Garfield Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Abilene High School and Solomon 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.