Photo: Ian Ballinger · CC BY-SA 4.0Ottawa Township’s public schools
Ottawa Unified School District 290 and West Franklin Unified School District 287 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Ottawa Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.
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
Ottawa Township’s schools, in brief
School by school
4 of Ottawa Township’s 9 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Sunflower Elementary School places highest (better than 67%); Ottawa Sr High lowest (9%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Five elementary schools serve Ottawa Township, graded from B− to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then three middle schools and two high schools: Ottawa Sr High and West Franklin High 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 Ottawa Township, with each school’s own grade.
6th grade in Ottawa Township · depends on your address
Ottawa Sr High
Grades 6–12 · 681 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Ottawa
Ottawa Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 456 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Ottawa
West Franklin Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 149 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Pomona
7th grade in Ottawa Township · depends on your address
Ottawa Sr High
Grades 6–12 · 681 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Ottawa
Ottawa Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 456 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Ottawa
West Franklin Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 149 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Pomona
8th grade in Ottawa Township · depends on your address
Ottawa Sr High
Grades 6–12 · 681 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Ottawa
Ottawa Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 456 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Ottawa
West Franklin Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 149 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Pomona
9th grade in Ottawa Township · depends on your address
Ottawa Sr High
Grades 6–12 · 681 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Ottawa
West Franklin High School
Grades 9–12 · 200 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in Pomona
10th grade in Ottawa Township · depends on your address
Ottawa Sr High
Grades 6–12 · 681 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Ottawa
West Franklin High School
Grades 9–12 · 200 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in Pomona
11th grade in Ottawa Township · depends on your address
Ottawa Sr High
Grades 6–12 · 681 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Ottawa
West Franklin High School
Grades 9–12 · 200 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in Pomona
12th grade in Ottawa Township · depends on your address
Ottawa Sr High
Grades 6–12 · 681 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Ottawa
West Franklin High School
Grades 9–12 · 200 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in Pomona
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Ottawa Unified School District 290.
Two districts serve Ottawa Township
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Ottawa Township vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Kansas towns that share Ottawa Township’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Ottawa Township | — | Ottawa Unified School District 290 PK–12 · West Franklin Unified School District 287 PK–12 |
| Ottawa (city) | B− | Ottawa Unified School District 290 |
| Harrison | — | Ottawa Unified School District 290 |
| Hayes | — | Wellsville Unified School District 289 PK–12 · Ottawa Unified School District 290 PK–12 |
| Centropolis | C+ | West Franklin Unified School District 287 |
| Peoria | — | Wellsville Unified School District 289 |
3 of the 5 neighbors share Ottawa Unified School District 290 with Ottawa Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Ottawa Township
9 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).
Questions about Ottawa Township’s schools
Are Ottawa Township’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Ottawa Township. Ottawa Unified School District 290 and West Franklin Unified School District 287 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Ottawa Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 9 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Ottawa Township in?
Ottawa Unified School District 290 and West Franklin Unified School District 287.
Where do Ottawa Township kids go to high school?
One of two high schools, depending on your address: Ottawa Sr High and West Franklin High School.
Parents talk
What Ottawa Township families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Ottawa 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.