Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Martin Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Schools in Martin Township

Martin Township’s public schools

Thunder Ridge Unified School District 110 and Smith Center Unified School District 237 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Martin Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/4schools 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
42%
2021–22
Math proficiency
42%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.3K
▲ 2% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Smith Center Unified School District 237
Students per teacher
10.2
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
546 students on the public path
In brief

Martin Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Martin Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Thunder Ridge Elementary places highest (better than 86%); Smith Center Jr Sr High lowest (31%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Martin Township, graded from A− to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Smith Center Jr Sr High and Thunder Ridge Middle School. 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 Martin Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressA− to A
7–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC to A−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Thunder Ridge Unified School District 110.

Two districts serve Martin Township

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

Thunder Ridge Unified School District 110Grades K–12 · 3 schools · 170 students, down 6% since 2020–21 · 8.5 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$23,196KS $14,966 · FY2024
A
Smith Center Unified School District 237Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 436 students, up 4% since 2020–21 · 11.0 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$15,327KS $14,966 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading · K–12, Thunder Ridge Unified School District 11042%
State average 32.5% · 86 students tested
Math · K–12, Thunder Ridge Unified School District 11042%
State average 29.4% · 86 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Smith Center Unified School District 23745%
State average 32.5% · 231 students tested
Math · PK–12, Smith Center Unified School District 23720%
State average 29.4% · 230 students tested

Martin Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Martin Township—Smith Center Unified School District 237 PK–12 · Thunder Ridge Unified School District 110 K–12
Pleasant—Smith Center Unified School District 237 PK–12 · Thunder Ridge Unified School District 110 K–12
German—Thunder Ridge Unified School District 110
Beaver—Smith Center Unified School District 237

2 of the 3 neighbors share Smith Center Unified School District 237 with Martin Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades. Washington, NE borders Martin Township but is graded on its own state’s tests, so it’s left out.

Every school in Martin Township

4 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 Martin Townshipin other towns
Smith Center Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Smith Center
A−
253 students12:1Rate it →
Thunder Ridge Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–3 · Kensington
A
38 students7:1Rate it →
Thunder Ridge Middle School
Middle · Grades 4–8 · Agra
A−
72 students10:1Rate it →
Smith Center Jr Sr High
High · Grades 7–12 · Smith Center
C
183 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Martin Township’s schools

Are Martin Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Martin Township. Thunder Ridge Unified School District 110 and Smith Center Unified School District 237 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Martin Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Martin Township in?

Thunder Ridge Unified School District 110 and Smith Center Unified School District 237.

Where do Martin Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Smith Center Jr Sr High and Thunder Ridge Middle School.

Parents talk

What Martin Township families are saying about school.

Town Square →
Start the conversation

Looking for colleges? Colleges near Martin Township → They have their own page.

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.