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Schools in Long Island

Long Island’s public schools

Northern Valley Unified School District 212 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Long Island. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools 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
32%
2021–22
Math proficiency
27%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$20.0K
▲ 34% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
7.9
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
150 students on the public path
In brief

Long Island’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Long Island’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Almena Elem places highest (better than 99%); Northern Valley High lowest (31%). 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 Long Island, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Almena Elemin AlmenaA+
5–8Long Island Middle SchoolNorthern Valley Unified School District 212B−
9–12Northern Valley Highin AlmenaC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Northern Valley Unified School District 212.

The district

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

Northern Valley Unified School District 212Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 150 students, up 6% since 2020–21 · 7.9 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$20,038KS $14,966 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading32%
State average 32.5% · 69 students tested
Math27%
State average 29.4% · 70 students tested

Long Island vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
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Long Island—Northern Valley Unified School District 212

Every school in Long Island

3 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 Long Islandin other towns
Almena Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Almena
A+
78 students10:1Rate it →
Long Island Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8
B−
31 students6:1Rate it →
Northern Valley High
High · Grades 9–12 · Almena
C
41 students6:1Rate it →

Questions about Long Island’s schools

Are Long Island’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Long Island. Northern Valley Unified School District 212 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Long Island. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Long Island in?

Northern Valley Unified School District 212.

Where do Long Island kids go to high school?

Northern Valley High.

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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.