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Schools in Harper Township

Harper Township’s public schools

Smoky Valley Unified School District 400 and McPherson Unified School District 418 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Harper Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?5/9schools 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
32%
2021–22
Math proficiency
29%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.9K
▲ 33% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · McPherson Unified School District 418
Students per teacher
12.1
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
2,931 students on the public path
In brief

Harper Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

5 of Harper Township’s 9 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Soderstrom Elem places highest (better than 90%); McPherson High lowest (27%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Five elementary schools serve Harper Township, graded from C+ to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and two high schools: McPherson High and Smoky Valley 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 Harper Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–55 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to A
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your addressC to B−
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Smoky Valley Unified School District 400.

Two districts serve Harper Township

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

Smoky Valley Unified School District 400Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,216 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 12.8 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$10,808KS $14,966 · FY2024
B
McPherson Unified School District 418Grades PK–12 · 6 schools · 2,117 students, down 9% since 2020–21 · 11.8 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$19,856KS $14,966 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Smoky Valley Unified School District 40032%
State average 32.5% · 458 students tested
Math · PK–12, Smoky Valley Unified School District 40029%
State average 29.4% · 458 students tested
Reading · PK–12, McPherson Unified School District 41831%
State average 32.5% · 1134 students tested
Math · PK–12, McPherson Unified School District 41824%
State average 29.4% · 1130 students tested

Harper Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Harper Township—Smoky Valley Unified School District 400 PK–12 · McPherson Unified School District 418 PK–12
New Gottland—McPherson Unified School District 418 PK–12 · Smoky Valley Unified School District 400 PK–12
South Sharps Creek—Smoky Valley Unified School District 400 PK–12 · Little River Unified School District 444 PK–12
Union—Smoky Valley Unified School District 400
Jackson—McPherson Unified School District 418

3 of the 4 neighbors share Smoky Valley Unified School District 400 with Harper Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Harper Township

9 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 Harper Townshipin other towns
Soderstrom Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Lindsborg
A
318 students15:1Rate it →
Roosevelt Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · McPherson
B
269 students12:1Rate it →
Washington Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · McPherson
B+
256 students11:1Rate it →
Eisenhower Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · McPherson
A−
239 students11:1Rate it →
Lincoln Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · McPherson
C+
221 students10:1Rate it →
Smoky Valley Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Lindsborg
B−
253 students14:1Rate it →
McPherson Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · McPherson
C
474 students13:1Rate it →
McPherson High
High · Grades 9–12 · McPherson
C
658 students12:1Rate it →
Smoky Valley High
High · Grades 9–12 · Lindsborg
C
243 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Harper Township’s schools

Are Harper Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Harper Township. Smoky Valley Unified School District 400 and McPherson Unified School District 418 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Harper Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 5 of its 9 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Harper Township in?

Smoky Valley Unified School District 400 and McPherson Unified School District 418.

Where do Harper Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: McPherson High and Smoky Valley High.

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What Harper 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.