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Schools in Marquette

Marquette’s public schools

Smoky Valley Unified School District 400 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Marquette. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/3schools 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
$10.8K
▼ 28% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.8
KS 13.3
Schools in town
0
814 students on the public path
In brief

Marquette’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Marquette’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Soderstrom Elem places highest (better than 90%); Smoky Valley High lowest (27%). 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 Marquette, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Soderstrom Elemin LindsborgA
5–8Smoky Valley Middle Schoolin LindsborgB−
9–12Smoky Valley Highin LindsborgC

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

The district

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
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading32%
State average 32.5% · 458 students tested
Math29%
State average 29.4% · 458 students tested

Marquette vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Marquette—Smoky Valley Unified School District 400

Every school in Marquette

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 Marquettein other towns
Soderstrom Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Lindsborg
A
318 students15:1Rate it →
Smoky Valley Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Lindsborg
B−
253 students14:1Rate it →
Smoky Valley High
High · Grades 9–12 · Lindsborg
C
243 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Marquette’s schools

Are Marquette’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Marquette. Smoky Valley Unified School District 400 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Marquette. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 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 Marquette in?

Smoky Valley Unified School District 400.

Where do Marquette kids go to high school?

Smoky 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.