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Schools in South Sharps Creek Township

South Sharps Creek Township’s public schools

Smoky Valley Unified School District 400 and Little River Unified School District 444 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for South Sharps Creek Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/6schools 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
32%
2021–22
Math proficiency
29%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$10.8K
▼ 28% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Smoky Valley Unified School District 400
Students per teacher
12.1
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,105 students on the public path
In brief

South Sharps Creek Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of South Sharps Creek Township’s 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Windom Elem places highest (better than 92%); Little River High lowest (14%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve South Sharps Creek Township, graded from A to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and two high schools: Smoky Valley High and Little River 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 South Sharps Creek Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressA
7–82 middle schoolsDepends on your addressC to B−
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressD to C

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Smoky Valley Unified School District 400.

Two districts serve South Sharps Creek Township

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

Smoky Valley Unified School District 400Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,216 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 12.8 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$10,808KS $14,966 · FY2024
B
Little River Unified School District 444Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 291 students, up 4% since 2020–21 · 10.4 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$18,187KS $14,966 · FY2024
A+
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Smoky Valley Unified School District 40032%
State average 32.5% · 458 students tested
Math · PK–12, Smoky Valley Unified School District 40029%
State average 29.4% · 458 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Little River Unified School District 44452%
State average 32.5% · 128 students tested
Math · PK–12, Little River Unified School District 44457%
State average 29.4% · 128 students tested

South Sharps Creek Township vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Kansas towns that share South Sharps Creek Township’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
South Sharps Creek Township—Smoky Valley Unified School District 400 PK–12 · Little River Unified School District 444 PK–12
Castle—Little River Unified School District 444
Harper—Smoky Valley Unified School District 400 PK–12 · McPherson Unified School District 418 PK–12
Marquette—Smoky Valley Unified School District 400
Odessa—Little River Unified School District 444

2 of the 4 neighbors share Little River Unified School District 444 with South Sharps Creek Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in South Sharps Creek Township

6 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 South Sharps Creek Townshipin other towns
Soderstrom Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Lindsborg
A
318 students15:1Rate it →
Windom Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Windom
A
169 students12:1Rate it →
Smoky Valley Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Lindsborg
B−
253 students14:1Rate it →
Little River Junior High
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Little River
C
33 students9:1Rate it →
Smoky Valley High
High · Grades 9–12 · Lindsborg
C
243 students10:1Rate it →
Little River High
High · Grades 9–12 · Little River
D
89 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about South Sharps Creek Township’s schools

Are South Sharps Creek Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for South Sharps Creek Township. Smoky Valley Unified School District 400 and Little River Unified School District 444 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for South Sharps Creek Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is South Sharps Creek Township in?

Smoky Valley Unified School District 400 and Little River Unified School District 444.

Where do South Sharps Creek Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Smoky Valley High and Little River High.

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What South Sharps Creek Township families are saying about school.

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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.