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Schools in Powhattan

Powhattan’s public schools

South Brown County Unified School District 430 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Powhattan. 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 97% 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
21%
2021–22
Math proficiency
23%
2021–22
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.7K
▲ 12% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.5
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
524 students on the public path
In brief

Powhattan’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Powhattan’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Horton Elem places highest (better than 63%); Horton High lowest (14%). 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 Powhattan, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Horton Elemin HortonB
5–8Everest Middlein EverestC+
9–12Horton Highin HortonD

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the South Brown County Unified School District 430.

The district

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

South Brown County Unified School District 430Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 524 students, up 10% since 2020–21 · 11.5 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$16,742KS $14,966 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading21%
State average 32.5% · 270 students tested
Math23%
State average 29.4% · 269 students tested

Powhattan vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Powhattan—South Brown County Unified School District 430

Every school in Powhattan

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 Powhattanin other towns
Horton Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Horton
B
226 students14:1Rate it →
Everest Middle
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Everest
C+
151 students11:1Rate it →
Horton High
High · Grades 9–12 · Horton
D
147 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Powhattan’s schools

Are Powhattan’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Powhattan. South Brown County Unified School District 430 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Powhattan. 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 Powhattan in?

South Brown County Unified School District 430.

Where do Powhattan kids go to high school?

Horton 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.