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Schools in Pleasant Township

Pleasant Township’s public schools

Smith Center Unified School District 237 and Thunder Ridge Unified School District 110 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Pleasant Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/4schools 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
45%
2021–22
Math proficiency
20%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.3K
▲ 2% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Smith Center Unified School District 237
Students per teacher
10.2
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
546 students on the public path
In brief

Pleasant Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Pleasant Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Thunder Ridge Elementary places highest (better than 86%); Smith Center Jr Sr High lowest (31%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Pleasant Township, graded from A− to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Smith Center Jr Sr High and Thunder Ridge Middle School. 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 Pleasant Township, with each school’s own grade.

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

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Smith Center Unified School District 237.

Two districts serve Pleasant Township

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

Smith Center Unified School District 237Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 436 students, up 4% since 2020–21 · 11.0 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$15,327KS $14,966 · FY2024
B
Thunder Ridge Unified School District 110Grades K–12 · 3 schools · 170 students, down 6% since 2020–21 · 8.5 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$23,196KS $14,966 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Smith Center Unified School District 23745%
State average 32.5% · 231 students tested
Math · PK–12, Smith Center Unified School District 23720%
State average 29.4% · 230 students tested
Reading · K–12, Thunder Ridge Unified School District 11042%
State average 32.5% · 86 students tested
Math · K–12, Thunder Ridge Unified School District 11042%
State average 29.4% · 86 students tested

Pleasant Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Pleasant Township—Smith Center Unified School District 237 PK–12 · Thunder Ridge Unified School District 110 K–12
Swan—Thunder Ridge Unified School District 110
Martin—Smith Center Unified School District 237 PK–12 · Thunder Ridge Unified School District 110 K–12
Lane—Smith Center Unified School District 237 PK–12 · Thunder Ridge Unified School District 110 K–12
Washington—Smith Center Unified School District 237

3 of the 4 neighbors share Thunder Ridge Unified School District 110 with Pleasant Township for grades K–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Pleasant 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 Pleasant Townshipin other towns
Smith Center Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Smith Center
A−
253 students12:1Rate it →
Thunder Ridge Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–3 · Kensington
A
38 students7:1Rate it →
Thunder Ridge Middle School
Middle · Grades 4–8 · Agra
A−
72 students10:1Rate it →
Smith Center Jr Sr High
High · Grades 7–12 · Smith Center
C
183 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Pleasant Township’s schools

Are Pleasant Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Pleasant Township. Smith Center Unified School District 237 and Thunder Ridge Unified School District 110 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Pleasant Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 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 Pleasant Township in?

Smith Center Unified School District 237 and Thunder Ridge Unified School District 110.

Where do Pleasant Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Smith Center Jr Sr High and Thunder Ridge Middle 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.