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Schools in Payne Township

Payne Township’s public schools

Wheatland Unified School District 292 and Quinter Public Schools Unified School District 293 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Payne 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 90% 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
30%
2021–22
Math proficiency
30%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.5K
▲ 17% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Quinter Public Schools Unified School District 293
Students per teacher
10.5
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
367 students on the public path
In brief

Payne Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Payne Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Quinter Elem places highest (better than 54%); Quinter Jr-Sr High lowest (31%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Payne Township, graded from C to B−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school: Quinter Jr-Sr High. 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 Payne Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressC to B−
7–12Quinter Jr-Sr Highin QuinterC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Wheatland Unified School District 292.

Two districts serve Payne Township

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

Wheatland Unified School District 292Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 99 students, up 50% since 2020–21 · 8.9 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$23,899KS $14,966 · FY2024
Quinter Public Schools Unified School District 293Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 309 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 11.2 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$17,458KS $14,966 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Wheatland Unified School District 29230%
State average 32.5% · 19 students tested · the state reports 21–39%
Math · PK–12, Wheatland Unified School District 29230%
State average 29.4% · 19 students tested · the state reports 21–39%
Reading · PK–12, Quinter Public Schools Unified School District 29337%
State average 32.5% · 153 students tested
Math · PK–12, Quinter Public Schools Unified School District 29332%
State average 29.4% · 152 students tested

Payne Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Payne Township—Wheatland Unified School District 292 PK–12 · Quinter Public Schools Unified School District 293 PK–12
BakerB+Quinter Public Schools Unified School District 293
Larrabee—Quinter Public Schools Unified School District 293
Gove—Wheatland Unified School District 292
Grainfield—Wheatland Unified School District 292
Jerome—Wheatland Unified School District 292 PK–12 · Quinter Public Schools Unified School District 293 PK–12 · Healy Public Schools Unified School District 468 K–12

3 of the 5 neighbors share Quinter Public Schools Unified School District 293 with Payne Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Payne Township

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 Payne Townshipin other towns
Quinter Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Quinter
B−
176 students14:1Rate it →
Wheatland Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Grainfield
C
58 students12:1Rate it →
Quinter Jr-Sr High
High · Grades 7–12 · Quinter
C
133 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Payne Township’s schools

Are Payne Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Payne Township. Wheatland Unified School District 292 and Quinter Public Schools Unified School District 293 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Payne 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 Payne Township in?

Wheatland Unified School District 292 and Quinter Public Schools Unified School District 293.

Where do Payne Township kids go to high school?

Quinter Jr-Sr High.

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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.