Photo: Kaethesson · CC BY-SA 3.0Parsons’s public schools outscore 72% of Kansas districts
The grade covers the two public school districts serving Parsons, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Kansas, not nationally.
From Kansas state tests taken in spring 2022, when 100% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Parsons’s schools, in brief
Better than its incomes would predict
Among the 621 Kansas towns with household incomes within a quarter of Parsons’s, its schools beat 78%, higher than their 72% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 35% and math 30% across both districts in spring 2022, against 32% and 29% statewide; 95–100% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
Parsons Unified School District 503 spends $14,876 per student and Labette County Unified School District 506 $13,681, against $14,966 across Kansas (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
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.
What’s behind Parsons’s grade
B+: better than 72% of Kansas school districts, #51 of 151 Kansas towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the Kansas average; graduation is the stronger of the two.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Parsons, with each school’s own grade.
Kindergarten in Parsons
Lincoln School
Grades PK–1 · 262 students · 14:1 students per teacher
1st grade in Parsons
Lincoln School
Grades PK–1 · 262 students · 14:1 students per teacher
2nd grade in Parsons
Garfield School
Grades 2–3 · 176 students · 11:1 students per teacher
3rd grade in Parsons
Garfield School
Grades 2–3 · 176 students · 11:1 students per teacher
4th grade in Parsons
Guthridge School
Grades 4–5 · 203 students · 13:1 students per teacher
5th grade in Parsons
Guthridge School
Grades 4–5 · 203 students · 13:1 students per teacher
6th grade in Parsons
Parsons Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 273 students · 12:1 students per teacher
7th grade in Parsons
Parsons Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 273 students · 12:1 students per teacher
8th grade in Parsons
Parsons Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 273 students · 12:1 students per teacher
9th grade in Parsons
Parsons Sr High
Grades 9–12 · 399 students · 12:1 students per teacher
10th grade in Parsons
Parsons Sr High
Grades 9–12 · 399 students · 12:1 students per teacher
11th grade in Parsons
Parsons Sr High
Grades 9–12 · 399 students · 12:1 students per teacher
12th grade in Parsons
Parsons Sr High
Grades 9–12 · 399 students · 12:1 students per teacher
Parsons runs its own schools through grade 12 (Parsons Unified School District 503). From grade PK, students attend the Labette County Unified School District 506, shared with Altamont, Bartlett, Canada, Edna, Elm Grove, Fairview, Hackberry, Howard, Labette, Liberty, Mound Valley, Mound Valley, Mount Pleasant, North and Osage. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Two districts serve Parsons
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Above the state in reading
Parsons vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Kansas towns that share Parsons’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Parsons | B+ | Parsons Unified School District 503 PK–12 · Labette County Unified School District 506 PK–12 |
| North | — | Parsons Unified School District 503 PK–12 · Labette County Unified School District 506 PK–12 |
| Osage | — | Labette County Unified School District 506 |
All 2 neighbors share Labette County Unified School District 506 with Parsons for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Parsons
5 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).
Questions about Parsons’s schools
Are Parsons’s schools good?
By Kansas’s own tests, yes: the public schools Parsons children attend outscore 72% of Kansas’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B+ Schools grade, #51 of 151 Kansas towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 78%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Parsons in?
Two districts: Parsons Unified School District 503 runs grades PK–12, and Labette County Unified School District 506 runs grades PK–12, shared with Altamont, Bartlett, Canada, Edna, Elm Grove, Fairview, Hackberry, Howard, Labette, Liberty, Mound Valley, Mound Valley, Mount Pleasant, North and Osage.
Where do Parsons kids go to high school?
Parsons Sr High, with 399 students; its own test results earn a D.
What is Parsons’s graduation rate?
95–100% of the class of 2023 in Labette County Unified School District 506 graduated in four years, against 88% across Kansas.
How much does Parsons spend per student?
$14,876 in Parsons Unified School District 503 and $13,681 in Labette County Unified School District 506 (FY2024), against $14,966 across Kansas. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Parsons 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). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Kansas. Stars are from neighbors.