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Schools in McPherson Township

McPherson Township’s public schools

McPherson Unified School District 418 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for McPherson Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/6schools 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
31%
2021–22
Math proficiency
24%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.9K
▲ 33% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.8
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
2,117 students on the public path
In brief

McPherson Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of McPherson Township’s 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Eisenhower Elementary places highest (better than 81%); McPherson High lowest (27%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Four elementary schools serve McPherson Township, graded from C+ to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: McPherson High. 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 McPherson Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–54 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to A−
6–8McPherson Middle Schoolin McPhersonC
9–12McPherson Highin McPhersonC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the McPherson Unified School District 418.

The district

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

McPherson Unified School District 418Grades PK–12 · 6 schools · 2,117 students, down 9% since 2020–21 · 11.8 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$19,856KS $14,966 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading31%
State average 32.5% · 1134 students tested
Math24%
State average 29.4% · 1130 students tested

McPherson Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
McPherson Township—McPherson Unified School District 418
McPherson (city)C+McPherson Unified School District 418
King City—McPherson Unified School District 418
New Gottland—McPherson Unified School District 418 PK–12 · Smoky Valley Unified School District 400 PK–12
EmpireDCanton-Galva Unified School District 419

3 of the 4 neighbors share McPherson Unified School District 418 with McPherson Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in McPherson Township

6 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 McPherson Townshipin other towns
Roosevelt Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · McPherson
B
269 students12:1Rate it →
Washington Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · McPherson
B+
256 students11:1Rate it →
Eisenhower Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · McPherson
A−
239 students11:1Rate it →
Lincoln Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · McPherson
C+
221 students10:1Rate it →
McPherson Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · McPherson
C
474 students13:1Rate it →
McPherson High
High · Grades 9–12 · McPherson
C
658 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about McPherson Township’s schools

Are McPherson Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for McPherson Township. McPherson Unified School District 418 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for McPherson Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is McPherson Township in?

McPherson Unified School District 418.

Where do McPherson Township kids go to high school?

McPherson 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.