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Schools in Longton Township

Longton Township’s public schools

Elk Valley Unified School District 283 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Longton Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Kansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 95% of students in Kansas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2020’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
24%
2021–22
Math proficiency
15%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$22.0K
▲ 47% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.2
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
2
122 students on the public path
In brief

Longton Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Longton Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Elk Valley Elementary places highest (better than 72%); Elk Valley High School lowest (5%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2020; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Longton Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Elk Valley ElementaryElk Valley Unified School District 283B+
6–12Elk Valley High SchoolElk Valley Unified School District 283D

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Elk Valley Unified School District 283.

The district

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

Elk Valley Unified School District 283Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,966 students · 10.2 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$21,960KS $14,966 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading24%
State average 32.5% · 51 students tested
Math15%
State average 29.4% · 51 students tested

Longton Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Longton Township—Elk Valley Unified School District 283
Elk Falls—West Elk Unified School District 282
Oak Valley—Elk Valley Unified School District 283
Painterhood—West Elk Unified School District 282 PK–12 · Elk Valley Unified School District 283 PK–12
Lafayette—Chautauqua County Community Unified School District 286

2 of the 4 neighbors share Elk Valley Unified School District 283 with Longton Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Longton Township

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).

District schools in Longton Townshipby address
Elk Valley Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Longton
B+
67 students13:1Rate it →
Elk Valley High School
High · Grades 6–12 · Longton
D
55 students8:1Rate it →
Online schools based in Longton Townshipnot counted as local schools
Rocket Online Schools (ROCS)
Grades K–12 · Longton
Online
1,844 studentsRate it →

Questions about Longton Township’s schools

Are Longton Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Longton Township. Elk Valley Unified School District 283 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Longton Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Longton Township in?

Elk Valley Unified School District 283.

Where do Longton Township kids go to high school?

Elk Valley High School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2020) 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.