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Schools in Prairie Dog Township

Prairie Dog Township’s public schools

Oberlin Unified School District 294 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Prairie Dog Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Kansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% 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
32%
2021–22
Math proficiency
27%
2021–22
Graduate on time
70%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.5K
▲ 17% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.3
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
376 students on the public path
In brief

Prairie Dog Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Prairie Dog Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Oberlin Elem places highest (better than 58%); Decatur Community Jr/Sr High lowest (22%). 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 Prairie Dog Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Oberlin Elemin OberlinB
7–12Decatur Community Jr/Sr Highin OberlinC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Oberlin Unified School District 294.

The district

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

Oberlin Unified School District 294Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 376 students · 9.3 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$17,510KS $14,966 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading32%
State average 32.5% · 187 students tested
Math27%
State average 29.4% · 187 students tested

Prairie Dog Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Prairie Dog Township—Oberlin Unified School District 294
Cook—Oberlin Unified School District 294
Dresden—Hoxie Community Schools Unified School District 412 PK–12 · Oberlin Unified School District 294 PK–12
Summit—Oberlin Unified School District 294

All 3 neighbors share Oberlin Unified School District 294 with Prairie Dog Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Prairie Dog Township

2 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 Prairie Dog Townshipin other towns
Oberlin Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Oberlin
B
232 students11:1Rate it →
Decatur Community Jr/Sr High
High · Grades 7–12 · Oberlin
C−
144 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Prairie Dog Township’s schools

Are Prairie Dog Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Prairie Dog Township. Oberlin Unified School District 294 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Prairie Dog Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Prairie Dog Township in?

Oberlin Unified School District 294.

Where do Prairie Dog Township kids go to high school?

Decatur Community 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.