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Schools in Garfield Township

Garfield Township’s public schools

Wabaunsee Unified School District 329 and Morris County Unified School District 417 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?3/3schools above Kansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 95% 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
52%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.2K
▲ 8% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Morris County Unified School District 417
Students per teacher
10.7
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
539 students on the public path
In brief

Garfield Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Garfield Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Prairie Heights Elementary School places highest (better than 95%); Council Grove Junior Senior High School lowest (58%). 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
K–6Prairie Heights Elementary SchoolMorris County Unified School District 417A+
7–122 schoolsDepends on your addressB to B+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Wabaunsee Unified School District 329.

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.

Wabaunsee Unified School District 329Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 409 students, up 26% since 2020–21 · 9.7 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$16,374KS $14,966 · FY2024
A+
Morris County Unified School District 417Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 762 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 11.3 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$16,234KS $14,966 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Wabaunsee Unified School District 32942%
State average 32.5% · 195 students tested
Math · PK–12, Wabaunsee Unified School District 32952%
State average 29.4% · 195 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Morris County Unified School District 41732%
State average 32.5% · 402 students tested
Math · PK–12, Morris County Unified School District 41737%
State average 29.4% · 401 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—Wabaunsee Unified School District 329 PK–12 · Morris County Unified School District 417 PK–12
Washington—Wabaunsee Unified School District 329
Farmer—Wabaunsee Unified School District 329
Township 2—Morris County Unified School District 417

2 of the 3 neighbors share Wabaunsee Unified School District 329 with Garfield Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Garfield Township

3 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).

District schools in Garfield Townshipby address
Prairie Heights Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Alta Vista
A+
76 students8:1Rate it →
Also serving Garfield Townshipin other towns
Wabaunsee Junior High
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Paxico
B+
95 students12:1Rate it →
Council Grove Junior Senior High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Council Grove
B
368 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Garfield Township’s schools

Are Garfield Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Garfield Township. Wabaunsee Unified School District 329 and Morris County Unified School District 417 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 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?

Wabaunsee Unified School District 329 and Morris County Unified School District 417.

Where do Garfield Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Council Grove Junior Senior High School and Wabaunsee Junior 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.