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Schools in Happy Township

Happy Township’s public schools

Graham County Unified School District 281 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Happy Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools above Kansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% 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
20%
2021–22
Math proficiency
19%
2021–22
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.2K
▲ 15% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.8
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
383 students on the public path
In brief

Happy Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Happy Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Hill City Elem places highest (better than 31%); Hill City Junior-Senior High lowest (16%). 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 Happy Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Hill City Elemin Hill CityC
7–12Hill City Junior-Senior Highin Hill CityC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Graham County Unified School District 281.

The district

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

Graham County Unified School District 281Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 383 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 9.8 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$17,246KS $14,966 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading20%
State average 32.5% · 213 students tested
Math19%
State average 29.4% · 213 students tested

Happy Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Happy Township—Graham County Unified School District 281
WaKeeneyC−WaKeeney Unified School District 208
Millbrook—Graham County Unified School District 281
Morlan—Graham County Unified School District 281 PK–12 · Palco Unified School District 269 PK–12
Bryant—Graham County Unified School District 281

3 of the 4 neighbors share Graham County Unified School District 281 with Happy Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Happy Township

2 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 Happy Townshipin other towns
Hill City Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Hill City
C
212 students11:1Rate it →
Hill City Junior-Senior High
High · Grades 7–12 · Hill City
C−
171 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Happy Township’s schools

Are Happy Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Happy Township. Graham County Unified School District 281 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Happy Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Happy Township in?

Graham County Unified School District 281.

Where do Happy Township kids go to high school?

Hill City Junior-Senior High.

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What Happy Township families are saying about school.

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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.