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Schools in Paradise Township

Paradise Township’s public schools

Paradise Unified School District 399 and Russell County Unified School District 407 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Paradise Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools 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
34%
2021–22
Math proficiency
34%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.8K
▲ 12% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Russell County Unified School District 407
Students per teacher
10.2
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
616 students on the public path
In brief

Paradise Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Paradise Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Natoma Elem places highest (better than 70%); Natoma High (6-12) lowest (10%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Paradise Township, graded from B+ to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Russell Junior-Senior High and Natoma High (6-12). 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 Paradise Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB+
6–122 schoolsDepends on your addressD

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Paradise Unified School District 399.

Two districts serve Paradise Township

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

Paradise Unified School District 399Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 115 students, up 8% since 2020–21 · 6.2 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$26,351KS $14,966 · FY2024
B+
Russell County Unified School District 407Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 762 students, up 21% since 2020–21 · 11.3 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$16,753KS $14,966 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Paradise Unified School District 39934%
State average 32.5% · 53 students tested
Math · PK–12, Paradise Unified School District 39934%
State average 29.4% · 53 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Russell County Unified School District 40731%
State average 32.5% · 408 students tested
Math · PK–12, Russell County Unified School District 40728%
State average 29.4% · 409 students tested

Paradise Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Paradise Township—Paradise Unified School District 399 PK–12 · Russell County Unified School District 407 PK–12
Waldo—Paradise Unified School District 399 PK–12 · Russell County Unified School District 407 PK–12 · Sylvan Grove Unified School District 299 PK–12
Big Creek—Russell County Unified School District 407
HerzogB+Victoria Unified School District 432 PK–12 · Paradise Unified School District 399 PK–12
Natoma—Paradise Unified School District 399
Liberty—Paradise Unified School District 399
Russell—Russell County Unified School District 407

4 of the 6 neighbors share Paradise Unified School District 399 with Paradise Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Paradise 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 Paradise Townshipin other towns
Simpson Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–1 · Russell
173 students14:1Rate it →
Natoma Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Natoma
B+
57 students6:1Rate it →
Natoma High (6-12)
High · Grades 6–12 · Natoma
D
58 students6:1Rate it →
Russell Junior-Senior High
High · Grades 7–12 · Russell
D
328 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Paradise Township’s schools

Are Paradise Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Paradise Township. Paradise Unified School District 399 and Russell County Unified School District 407 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Paradise Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Paradise Township in?

Paradise Unified School District 399 and Russell County Unified School District 407.

Where do Paradise Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Russell Junior-Senior High and Natoma High (6-12).

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What Paradise 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.