Photo: Bhall87 at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Grant Township’s public schools
Lawrence Unified School District 497 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Grant Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 92% 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
Grant Township’s schools, in brief
School by school
10 of Grant Township’s 17 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Langston Hughes Elem places highest (better than 98%); Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School lowest (27%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
11 elementary schools serve Grant Township, graded from C+ to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then four middle schools and two high schools: Lawrence Free State High and Lawrence 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 Grant Township, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Grant Township
New York Elem
Grades PK–5 · 415 students · 20:1 students per teacher · in Lawrence
9th grade in Grant Township · depends on your address
Lawrence Free State High
Grades 9–12 · 1,774 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Lawrence
Lawrence High
Grades 9–12 · 1,454 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Lawrence
10th grade in Grant Township · depends on your address
Lawrence Free State High
Grades 9–12 · 1,774 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Lawrence
Lawrence High
Grades 9–12 · 1,454 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Lawrence
11th grade in Grant Township · depends on your address
Lawrence Free State High
Grades 9–12 · 1,774 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Lawrence
Lawrence High
Grades 9–12 · 1,454 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Lawrence
12th grade in Grant Township · depends on your address
Lawrence Free State High
Grades 9–12 · 1,774 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Lawrence
Lawrence High
Grades 9–12 · 1,454 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Lawrence
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Lawrence Unified School District 497.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Grant Township vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Kansas towns that share Grant Township’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Grant Township | — | Lawrence Unified School District 497 |
| Lawrence | B | Lawrence Unified School District 497 |
| Wakarusa | B | Lawrence Unified School District 497 |
| Rural | — | Perry Public Schools Unified School District 343 |
| Sarcoxie | D | McLouth Unified School District 342 |
| Reno | B | Tonganoxie Unified School District 464 PK–12 · Lawrence Unified School District 497 PK–12 |
3 of the 5 neighbors share Lawrence Unified School District 497 with Grant Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.
Every school in Grant Township
18 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).
Questions about Grant Township’s schools
Are Grant Township’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Grant Township. Lawrence Unified School District 497 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Grant Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 10 of its 17 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Grant Township in?
Lawrence Unified School District 497.
Where do Grant Township kids go to high school?
One of two high schools, depending on your address: Lawrence Free State High and Lawrence High.
Are there private schools in Grant Township?
Yes: Prairie Moon Waldorf School (grades PK–8, 84 students).
Parents talk
What Grant Township families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Grant Township → They have their own page.
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.