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Schools in Union Township

Union Township’s public schools

Rural Vista Unified School District 481 and Herington Unified School District 487 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Union 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 98% 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
42%
2021–22
Math proficiency
42%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.3K
▲ 23% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Herington Unified School District 487
Students per teacher
10.1
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
624 students on the public path
In brief

Union Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Union Township’s 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Hope Elem places highest (better than 90%); Herington High lowest (5%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Union Township, graded from C+ to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then three high schools: Herington High, White City High and Hope 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 Union Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–83 schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to A
9–123 high schoolsDepends on your addressD to C

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Rural Vista Unified School District 481.

Two districts serve Union Township

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

Rural Vista Unified School District 481Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 297 students, up 11% since 2020–21 · 8.8 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$16,319KS $14,966 · FY2024
A
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
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Rural Vista Unified School District 48142%
State average 32.5% · 141 students tested
Math · PK–12, Rural Vista Unified School District 48142%
State average 29.4% · 141 students tested
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

Union Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Union Township—Rural Vista Unified School District 481 PK–12 · Herington Unified School District 487 PK–12
Liberty—Chapman Unified School District 473 PK–12 · Rural Vista Unified School District 481 PK–12
Ridge—Rural Vista Unified School District 481 PK–12 · Chapman Unified School District 473 PK–12

All 2 neighbors share Rural Vista Unified School District 481 with Union Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Union 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 Union Townshipin other towns
Herington Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Herington
B+
186 students12:1Rate it →
White City Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · White City
C+
140 students11:1Rate it →
Hope Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Hope
A
74 students8:1Rate it →
Herington High
High · Grades 9–12 · Herington
D
141 students10:1Rate it →
White City High
High · Grades 9–12 · White City
C
50 students8:1Rate it →
Hope High
High · Grades 9–12 · Hope
C
33 students5:1Rate it →

Questions about Union Township’s schools

Are Union Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Union Township. Rural Vista Unified School District 481 and Herington Unified School District 487 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Union 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 Union Township in?

Rural Vista Unified School District 481 and Herington Unified School District 487.

Where do Union Township kids go to high school?

One of three high schools, depending on your address: Herington High, White City High and Hope High.

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What Union 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.