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Schools in Salem Township

Salem Township’s public schools

Humboldt Unified School District 258 and Marmaton Valley Unified School District 256 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Salem Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/4schools 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
22%
2021–22
Math proficiency
18%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$10.9K
▼ 27% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Humboldt Unified School District 258
Students per teacher
12.5
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
755 students on the public path
In brief

Salem Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Salem Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Marmaton Valley Elem places highest (better than 54%); Marmaton Valley High lowest (9%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Salem Township, graded from C to B−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Humboldt Middle School and Marmaton Valley 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 Salem Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC to B−
6–122 schoolsDepends on your addressD to C

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Humboldt Unified School District 258.

Two districts serve Salem Township

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

Humboldt Unified School District 258Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,013 students, up 5% since 2021–22 · 14.3 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$10,857KS $14,966 · FY2024
C
Marmaton Valley Unified School District 256Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 276 students, up 9% since 2021–22 · 9.6 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$18,022KS $14,966 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Humboldt Unified School District 25822%
State average 32.5% · 329 students tested
Math · PK–12, Humboldt Unified School District 25818%
State average 29.4% · 329 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Marmaton Valley Unified School District 25622%
State average 32.5% · 123 students tested
Math · PK–12, Marmaton Valley Unified School District 25627%
State average 29.4% · 123 students tested

Salem Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Salem Township—Humboldt Unified School District 258 PK–12 · Marmaton Valley Unified School District 256 PK–12
Humboldt—Humboldt Unified School District 258
Elsmore—Marmaton Valley Unified School District 256
Cottage Grove—Humboldt Unified School District 258

2 of the 3 neighbors share Humboldt Unified School District 258 with Salem Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Salem 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 Salem Townshipin other towns
Humboldt Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Humboldt
C
342 students16:1Rate it →
Marmaton Valley Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Moran
B−
134 students11:1Rate it →
Humboldt Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Humboldt
C
144 students13:1Rate it →
Marmaton Valley High
High · Grades 6–12 · Moran
D
135 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Salem Township’s schools

Are Salem Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Salem Township. Humboldt Unified School District 258 and Marmaton Valley Unified School District 256 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Salem Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Salem Township in?

Humboldt Unified School District 258 and Marmaton Valley Unified School District 256.

Where do Salem Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Humboldt Middle School and Marmaton Valley 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.