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Schools in Palco

Palco’s public schools

Palco Unified School District 269 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Palco. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/1schools above Kansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 95% 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
24%
2021–22
Math proficiency
15%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$23.4K
▲ 57% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
6.2
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
77 students on the public path
In brief

Palco’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Palco’s 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Damar Elementary School places highest (better than 89%); Damar Elementary School lowest (89%). 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 Palco, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Damar Elementary Schoolin DamarA
6–8Palco Jr. HighPalco Unified School District 269No scores
9–12Palco HighPalco Unified School District 269No scores

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Palco Unified School District 269.

The district

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

Palco Unified School District 269Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 77 students, down 21% since 2020–21 · 6.2 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$23,424KS $14,966 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading24%
State average 32.5% · 37 students tested
Math15%
State average 29.4% · 37 students tested

Palco vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Palco—Palco Unified School District 269

Every school in Palco

3 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 Palcoin other towns
Damar Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Damar
A
46 students8:1Rate it →
Palco Jr. High
Middle · Grades 6–8
12 students4:1Rate it →
Palco High
High · Grades 9–12
19 students5:1Rate it →

Questions about Palco’s schools

Are Palco’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Palco. Palco Unified School District 269 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Palco. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Palco in?

Palco Unified School District 269.

Where do Palco kids go to high school?

Palco High.

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What Palco 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.