Kanwaka Township’s public schools outscore 63% of Kansas districts
The grade covers the three public school districts serving Kanwaka Township, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Kansas, not nationally.
From Kansas state tests taken in spring 2022, when 94% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Kanwaka Township’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 256 Kansas towns with household incomes within a quarter of Kanwaka Township’s, its schools beat 54%, lower than their 63% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on tests
Reading proficiency is 36% and math 31% across its districts in spring 2022, against 32% and 29% statewide; 87% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
Perry Public Schools Unified School District 343 spends $14,678 per student and Lawrence Unified School District 497 $12,393, against $14,966 across Kansas (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
16 elementary schools, then six middle and four high schools
Which school depends on the address at every step. 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.
What’s behind Kanwaka Township’s grade
B: better than 63% of Kansas school districts. Test scores are above the Kansas average; graduation is below it.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Kanwaka Township, with each school’s own grade.
To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Three districts serve Kanwaka Township
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Above the state in reading
Kanwaka Township vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Kansas towns that share Kanwaka Township’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Kanwaka Township | B | Perry Public Schools Unified School District 343 PK–12 · Lawrence Unified School District 497 PK–12 · Shawnee Heights Unified School District 450 PK–12 |
| Lawrence | B | Lawrence Unified School District 497 |
| Clinton | — | Lawrence Unified School District 497 |
| Lecompton | B− | Perry Public Schools Unified School District 343 |
| Monmouth | B | Shawnee Heights Unified School District 450 |
| Tecumseh | B | Shawnee Heights Unified School District 450 |
2 of the 5 neighbors share Lawrence Unified School District 497 with Kanwaka Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Kanwaka Township
26 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 Kanwaka Township’s schools
Are Kanwaka Township’s schools good?
They sit near the middle of Kansas: the public schools Kanwaka Township children attend outscore 63% of Kansas’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 54%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Kanwaka Township in?
Perry Public Schools Unified School District 343, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 800 students in 3 schools (2024–25).
Where do Kanwaka Township kids go to high school?
One of 4 high schools, depending on your address: Lawrence Free State High, Lawrence High, Shawnee Heights High and Perry Lecompton High.
What is Kanwaka Township’s graduation rate?
87% of the class of 2023 in Lawrence Unified School District 497 graduated in four years, against 88% across Kansas.
How much does Kanwaka Township spend per student?
$14,678 in Perry Public Schools Unified School District 343, $12,393 in Lawrence Unified School District 497 and $13,277 in Shawnee Heights Unified School District 450 (FY2024), against $14,966 across Kansas. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Kanwaka 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). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Kansas. Stars are from neighbors.