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Schools in Summers Township

Summers Township’s public schools

Colby Public Schools Unified School District 315 and Oakley Unified School District 274 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Summers Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/6schools 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
24%
2021–22
Math proficiency
28%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.8K
▼ 1% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Colby Public Schools Unified School District 315
Students per teacher
13.4
KS 13.3
Schools in town
0
1,414 students on the public path
In brief

Summers Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Summers Township’s 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Colby Elem places highest (better than 67%); Oakley Middle School lowest (19%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Summers Township, graded from B to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and two high schools: Colby Senior High and Oakley Sr 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 Summers Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–42 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB to B+
5–82 middle schoolsDepends on your addressC− to C+
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Colby Public Schools Unified School District 315.

Two districts serve Summers Township

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

Colby Public Schools Unified School District 315Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 958 students · 14.2 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$14,841KS $14,966 · FY2024
B−
Oakley Unified School District 274Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 456 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 11.9 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$15,419KS $14,966 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Colby Public Schools Unified School District 31524%
State average 32.5% · 434 students tested
Math · PK–12, Colby Public Schools Unified School District 31528%
State average 29.4% · 452 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Oakley Unified School District 27428%
State average 32.5% · 209 students tested
Math · PK–12, Oakley Unified School District 27424%
State average 29.4% · 216 students tested

Summers Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Summers Township—Colby Public Schools Unified School District 315 PK–12 · Oakley Unified School District 274 PK–12
Morgan—Colby Public Schools Unified School District 315
South Randall—Oakley Unified School District 274
Kingery—Brewster Unified School District 314 PK–12 · Triplains Unified School District 275 PK–12
North Randall—Colby Public Schools Unified School District 315

2 of the 4 neighbors share Colby Public Schools Unified School District 315 with Summers Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Summers 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 Summers Townshipin other towns
Colby Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Colby
B+
369 students15:1Rate it →
Oakley Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Oakley
B
191 students14:1Rate it →
Colby Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Colby
C+
293 students14:1Rate it →
Oakley Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Oakley
C−
135 students13:1Rate it →
Colby Senior High
High · Grades 9–12 · Colby
C−
296 students14:1Rate it →
Oakley Sr High
High · Grades 9–12 · Oakley
C−
130 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Summers Township’s schools

Are Summers Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Summers Township. Colby Public Schools Unified School District 315 and Oakley Unified School District 274 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Summers Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 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 Summers Township in?

Colby Public Schools Unified School District 315 and Oakley Unified School District 274.

Where do Summers Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Colby Senior High and Oakley 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.