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Schools in Rural Township

Rural Township’s public schools

Perry Public Schools Unified School District 343 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Rural 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 96% 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
27%
2021–22
Math proficiency
26%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.7K
▼ 2% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.7
KS 13.3
Schools in town
0
800 students on the public path
In brief

Rural Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Rural Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Lecompton Elem places highest (better than 87%); Perry-Lecompton Middle lowest (19%). 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 Rural Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Lecompton Elemin LecomptonA
5–8Perry-Lecompton Middlein PerryC−
9–12Perry Lecompton Highin PerryC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Perry Public Schools Unified School District 343.

The district

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

Perry Public Schools Unified School District 343Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 800 students, up 4% since 2020–21 · 13.7 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$14,678KS $14,966 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading27%
State average 32.5% · 381 students tested
Math26%
State average 29.4% · 376 students tested

Rural Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Rural Township—Perry Public Schools Unified School District 343
OskaloosaC+Oskaloosa Public Schools Unified School District 341
LecomptonB−Perry Public Schools Unified School District 343
WakarusaBLawrence Unified School District 497
Grant—Lawrence Unified School District 497
SarcoxieDMcLouth Unified School District 342
KentuckyB−Perry Public Schools Unified School District 343

2 of the 6 neighbors share Perry Public Schools Unified School District 343 with Rural Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Rural 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 Rural Townshipin other towns
Lecompton Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Lecompton
A
298 students13:1Rate it →
Perry-Lecompton Middle
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Perry
C−
234 students14:1Rate it →
Perry Lecompton High
High · Grades 9–12 · Perry
C−
268 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Rural Township’s schools

Are Rural Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Rural Township. Perry Public Schools Unified School District 343 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Rural 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 Rural Township in?

Perry Public Schools Unified School District 343.

Where do Rural Township kids go to high school?

Perry Lecompton 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.