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Schools in Palestine Township

Palestine Township’s public schools

Belle Plaine Unified School District 357 and Oxford Unified School District 358 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Palestine Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/4schools above Kansas’s middle

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

Reading proficiency
22%
2021–22
Math proficiency
20%
2021–22
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.4K
▲ 10% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Belle Plaine Unified School District 357
Students per teacher
10.8
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
769 students on the public path
In brief

Palestine Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Palestine Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Oxford Elem places highest (better than 58%); Belle Plaine Middle lowest (16%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Palestine Township, graded from C− to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Oxford Jr/Sr High and Belle Plaine Middle. 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 Palestine Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressC− to B
7–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC− to C

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Belle Plaine Unified School District 357.

Two districts serve Palestine Township

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

Belle Plaine Unified School District 357Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 554 students, down 1% since 2020–21 · 10.5 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$16,445KS $14,966 · FY2024
C−
Oxford Unified School District 358Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 447 students · 11.4 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$12,655KS $14,966 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Belle Plaine Unified School District 35722%
State average 32.5% · 298 students tested
Math · PK–12, Belle Plaine Unified School District 35720%
State average 29.4% · 298 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Oxford Unified School District 35832%
State average 32.5% · 184 students tested
Math · PK–12, Oxford Unified School District 35832%
State average 29.4% · 184 students tested

Palestine Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Palestine Township—Belle Plaine Unified School District 357 PK–12 · Oxford Unified School District 358 PK–12
GoreBMulvane Unified School District 263 PK–12 · Udall Unified School District 463 PK–12
OxfordBOxford Unified School District 358
Belle PlaineB−Belle Plaine Unified School District 357 PK–12 · Mulvane Unified School District 263 PK–12
Harmon—Belle Plaine Unified School District 357 PK–12 · Wellington Unified School District 353 PK–12

2 of the 4 neighbors share Belle Plaine Unified School District 357 with Palestine Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Palestine Township

4 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 Palestine Townshipin other towns
Belle Plaine Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Belle Plaine
C−
211 students10:1Rate it →
Oxford Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Oxford
B
201 students10:1Rate it →
Belle Plaine Middle
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Belle Plaine
C−
162 students11:1Rate it →
Oxford Jr/Sr High
High · Grades 7–12 · Oxford
C
195 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Palestine Township’s schools

Are Palestine Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Palestine Township. Belle Plaine Unified School District 357 and Oxford Unified School District 358 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Palestine Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Palestine Township in?

Belle Plaine Unified School District 357 and Oxford Unified School District 358.

Where do Palestine Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Oxford Jr/Sr High and Belle Plaine Middle.

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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.