Photo: Srudisell · CC BY-SA 4.0Topeka Township’s public schools
Shawnee Heights Unified School District 450 and Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Topeka Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.
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
Topeka Township’s schools, in brief
School by school
7 of Topeka Township’s 14 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Jay Shideler Elementary places highest (better than 92%); Shawnee Heights Middle lowest (29%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Ten elementary schools serve Topeka Township, graded from C to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and two high schools: Washburn Rural High and Shawnee Heights 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 Topeka Township, with each school’s own grade.
7th grade in Topeka Township · depends on your address
Washburn Rural Middle School
Grades 7–8 · 966 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Topeka
Shawnee Heights Middle
Grades 7–8 · 540 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Tecumseh
8th grade in Topeka Township · depends on your address
Washburn Rural Middle School
Grades 7–8 · 966 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Topeka
Shawnee Heights Middle
Grades 7–8 · 540 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Tecumseh
9th grade in Topeka Township · depends on your address
Washburn Rural High
Grades 9–12 · 1,878 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Topeka
Shawnee Heights High
Grades 9–12 · 1,218 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Tecumseh
10th grade in Topeka Township · depends on your address
Washburn Rural High
Grades 9–12 · 1,878 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Topeka
Shawnee Heights High
Grades 9–12 · 1,218 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Tecumseh
11th grade in Topeka Township · depends on your address
Washburn Rural High
Grades 9–12 · 1,878 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Topeka
Shawnee Heights High
Grades 9–12 · 1,218 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Tecumseh
12th grade in Topeka Township · depends on your address
Washburn Rural High
Grades 9–12 · 1,878 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Topeka
Shawnee Heights High
Grades 9–12 · 1,218 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Tecumseh
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Shawnee Heights Unified School District 450.
Two districts serve Topeka Township
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Close to the state in reading
Topeka Township vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Kansas towns that share Topeka Township’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Topeka Township | — | Shawnee Heights Unified School District 450 PK–12 · Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437 PK–12 |
| Topeka (city) | C | Topeka Public Schools Unified School District 501 PK–12 · Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437 PK–12 |
| Williamsport | B+ | Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437 PK–12 · Shawnee Heights Unified School District 450 PK–12 |
| Tecumseh | B | Shawnee Heights Unified School District 450 |
| Soldier | B+ | Seaman Unified School District 345 |
| Mission | B+ | Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437 |
3 of the 5 neighbors share Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437 with Topeka Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Topeka Township
14 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).
Questions about Topeka Township’s schools
Are Topeka Township’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Topeka Township. Shawnee Heights Unified School District 450 and Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Topeka Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 7 of its 14 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Topeka Township in?
Shawnee Heights Unified School District 450 and Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437.
Where do Topeka Township kids go to high school?
One of two high schools, depending on your address: Washburn Rural High and Shawnee Heights High.
Parents talk
What Topeka Township families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Topeka Township → They have their own page.
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.