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Schools in Garfield Township

Garfield Township’s public schools

Osborne County Unified School District 392 and Smith Center Unified School District 237 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?3/4schools 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
42%
2021–22
Math proficiency
47%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.3K
▲ 2% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Smith Center Unified School District 237
Students per teacher
10.2
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
787 students on the public path
In brief

Garfield Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

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

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Garfield Township, graded from A− to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Smith Center Jr Sr High and Osborne Junior/Senior 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–62 schoolsDepends on your addressA− to A
7–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC to A−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Osborne County Unified School District 392.

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.

Osborne County Unified School District 392Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 351 students, up 6% since 2020–21 · 9.4 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$15,953KS $14,966 · FY2024
A
Smith Center Unified School District 237Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 436 students, up 4% since 2020–21 · 11.0 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$15,327KS $14,966 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Osborne County Unified School District 39242%
State average 32.5% · 159 students tested
Math · PK–12, Osborne County Unified School District 39247%
State average 29.4% · 160 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Smith Center Unified School District 23745%
State average 32.5% · 231 students tested
Math · PK–12, Smith Center Unified School District 23720%
State average 29.4% · 230 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—Osborne County Unified School District 392 PK–12 · Smith Center Unified School District 237 PK–12
Harlan—Smith Center Unified School District 237
Lincoln—Waconda Unified School District 272
Bethany—Osborne County Unified School District 392 PK–12 · Waconda Unified School District 272 PK–12
Crystal Plains—Smith Center Unified School District 237

2 of the 4 neighbors share Smith Center Unified School District 237 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
Smith Center Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Smith Center
A−
253 students12:1Rate it →
Osborne Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Osborne
A
194 students10:1Rate it →
Osborne Junior/Senior High
High · Grades 6–12 · Osborne
A−
157 students8:1Rate it →
Smith Center Jr Sr High
High · Grades 7–12 · Smith Center
C
183 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Garfield Township’s schools

Are Garfield Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Garfield Township. Osborne County Unified School District 392 and Smith Center Unified School District 237 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, 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 Garfield Township in?

Osborne County Unified School District 392 and Smith Center Unified School District 237.

Where do Garfield Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Smith Center Jr Sr High and Osborne Junior/Senior 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.