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Schools in Otter Township

Otter Township’s public schools

Cedar Vale Unified School District 285 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Otter 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 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
32%
2021–22
Math proficiency
22%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$20.3K
▲ 36% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
7.2
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
128 students on the public path
In brief

Otter Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Otter Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Cedar Vale Elem places highest (better than 70%); Cedar Vale High lowest (5%). 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 Otter Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Cedar Vale Elemin Cedar ValeB+
6–12Cedar Vale Highin Cedar ValeD

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Cedar Vale Unified School District 285.

The district

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

Cedar Vale Unified School District 285Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 128 students, down 12% since 2020–21 · 7.2 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$20,307KS $14,966 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading32%
State average 32.5% · 71 students tested
Math22%
State average 29.4% · 71 students tested

Otter Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Otter Township—Cedar Vale Unified School District 285
Windsor—Central Unified School District 462
Cedar—Cedar Vale Unified School District 285 PK–12 · Dexter Unified School District 471 PK–12
Dexter—Dexter Unified School District 471

Every school in Otter Township

2 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 Otter Townshipin other towns
Cedar Vale Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cedar Vale
B+
65 students8:1Rate it →
Cedar Vale High
High · Grades 6–12 · Cedar Vale
D
63 students6:1Rate it →

Questions about Otter Township’s schools

Are Otter Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Otter Township. Cedar Vale Unified School District 285 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Otter 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 Otter Township in?

Cedar Vale Unified School District 285.

Where do Otter Township kids go to high school?

Cedar Vale 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.