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Schools in Howard

Howard’s public schools

West Elk Unified School District 282 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Howard. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/1schools 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
22%
2021–22
Math proficiency
17%
2021–22
Graduate on time
72%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.7K
▲ 32% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.8
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
371 students on the public path
In brief

Howard’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Howard’s 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. West Elk Schools places highest (better than 41%); West Elk Schools lowest (41%). 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 Howard, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–12West Elk SchoolsWest Elk Unified School District 282C+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the West Elk Unified School District 282.

The district

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

West Elk Unified School District 282Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 597 students, down 13% since 2021–22 · 10.8 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$19,705KS $14,966 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading22%
State average 32.5% · 276 students tested
Math17%
State average 29.4% · 275 students tested

Howard vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
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Howard—West Elk Unified School District 282

Every school in Howard

1 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 Howardin other towns
West Elk Schools
Grades PK–12
C+
371 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Howard’s schools

Are Howard’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Howard. West Elk Unified School District 282 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Howard. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Howard in?

West Elk Unified School District 282.

Where do Howard kids go to high school?

West Elk Schools.

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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.