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Schools in Township 7

Township 7’s public schools

Herington Unified School District 487 and Morris County Unified School District 417 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Township 7. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?4/5schools 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
31%
2021–22
Math proficiency
23%
2021–22
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.2K
▲ 8% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Morris County Unified School District 417
Students per teacher
11.3
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,035 students on the public path
In brief

Township 7’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of Township 7’s 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Prairie Heights Elementary School places highest (better than 95%); Herington Middle Sch lowest (31%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Township 7, graded from B+ to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Council Grove Junior Senior High School and Herington Middle Sch. 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 Township 7, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–63 schoolsDepends on your addressB+ to A+
7–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC to B

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Herington Unified School District 487.

Two districts serve Township 7

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

Herington Unified School District 487Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 414 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 11.2 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$18,348KS $14,966 · FY2024
C
Morris County Unified School District 417Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 762 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 11.3 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$16,234KS $14,966 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Herington Unified School District 48731%
State average 32.5% · 219 students tested
Math · PK–12, Herington Unified School District 48723%
State average 29.4% · 219 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Morris County Unified School District 41732%
State average 32.5% · 402 students tested
Math · PK–12, Morris County Unified School District 41737%
State average 29.4% · 401 students tested

Township 7 vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Kansas towns that share Township 7’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Township 7—Herington Unified School District 487 PK–12 · Morris County Unified School District 417 PK–12
Lyon—Herington Unified School District 487 PK–12 · Rural Vista Unified School District 481 PK–12
HeringtonCHerington Unified School District 487
Township 8—Centre Unified School District 397
Township 9—Morris County Unified School District 417

2 of the 4 neighbors share Herington Unified School District 487 with Township 7 for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Township 7

5 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 Township 7in other towns
Council Grove Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Council Grove
B+
318 students12:1Rate it →
Herington Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Herington
B+
186 students12:1Rate it →
Prairie Heights Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Alta Vista
A+
76 students8:1Rate it →
Herington Middle Sch
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Herington
C
87 students13:1Rate it →
Council Grove Junior Senior High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Council Grove
B
368 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Township 7’s schools

Are Township 7’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Township 7. Herington Unified School District 487 and Morris County Unified School District 417 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Township 7. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Township 7 in?

Herington Unified School District 487 and Morris County Unified School District 417.

Where do Township 7 kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Council Grove Junior Senior High School and Herington Middle Sch.

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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.