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Schools in Scranton

Scranton’s public schools

Santa Fe Trail Unified School District 434 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Scranton. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/3schools 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
24%
2021–22
Math proficiency
21%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.2K
▲ 1% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.0
KS 13.3
Schools in town
0
1,009 students on the public path
In brief

Scranton’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Scranton’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Overbrook Attendance Center places highest (better than 77%); Carbondale Attendance Center lowest (53%). 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 Scranton, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–3Overbrook Attendance Centerin OverbrookA−
4–8Carbondale Attendance Centerin CarbondaleB−
9–12Santa Fe Trail Highin CarbondaleB

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Santa Fe Trail Unified School District 434.

The district

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

Santa Fe Trail Unified School District 434Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,009 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 13.0 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$15,165KS $14,966 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading24%
State average 32.5% · 547 students tested
Math21%
State average 29.4% · 546 students tested

Scranton vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Scranton—Santa Fe Trail Unified School District 434

Every school in Scranton

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 Scrantonin other towns
Overbrook Attendance Center
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Overbrook
A−
331 students17:1Rate it →
Carbondale Attendance Center
Middle · Grades 4–8 · Carbondale
B−
370 students12:1Rate it →
Santa Fe Trail High
High · Grades 9–12 · Carbondale
B
308 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Scranton’s schools

Are Scranton’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Scranton. Santa Fe Trail Unified School District 434 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Scranton. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 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 Scranton in?

Santa Fe Trail Unified School District 434.

Where do Scranton kids go to high school?

Santa Fe Trail 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.