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Schools in Painterhood Township

Painterhood Township’s public schools

West Elk Unified School District 282 and Elk Valley Unified School District 283 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Painterhood 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
22%
2021–22
Math proficiency
17%
2021–22
Graduate on time
72%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$22.0K
▲ 47% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Elk Valley Unified School District 283
Students per teacher
10.6
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
438 students on the public path
In brief

Painterhood Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Painterhood Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Elk Valley Elementary places highest (better than 72%); West Elk Schools lowest (41%). 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 Painterhood Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the West Elk Unified School District 282.

Two districts serve Painterhood Township

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

West Elk Unified School District 282Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 597 students, down 13% since 2021–22 · 10.8 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$19,705KS $14,966 · FY2024
D
Elk Valley Unified School District 283Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,966 students · 10.2 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$21,960KS $14,966 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, West Elk Unified School District 28222%
State average 32.5% · 276 students tested
Math · PK–12, West Elk Unified School District 28217%
State average 29.4% · 275 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Elk Valley Unified School District 28324%
State average 32.5% · 51 students tested
Math · PK–12, Elk Valley Unified School District 28315%
State average 29.4% · 51 students tested

Painterhood Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Painterhood Township—West Elk Unified School District 282 PK–12 · Elk Valley Unified School District 283 PK–12
Liberty—Fredonia Unified School District 484
Longton—Elk Valley Unified School District 283
Oak Valley—Elk Valley Unified School District 283
Howard—West Elk Unified School District 282
Fall River—Fredonia Unified School District 484

2 of the 5 neighbors share Elk Valley Unified School District 283 with Painterhood Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Painterhood 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 Painterhood Townshipin other towns
West Elk Schools
Grades PK–12 · Howard
C+
371 students11:1Rate it →
Elk Valley Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Longton
B+
67 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Painterhood Township’s schools

Are Painterhood Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Painterhood Township. West Elk Unified School District 282 and Elk Valley Unified School District 283 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Painterhood 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 Painterhood Township in?

West Elk Unified School District 282 and Elk Valley Unified School District 283.

Where do Painterhood Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: West Elk Schools and Elk Valley Elementary.

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What Painterhood Township families are saying about school.

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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.