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Schools in Valley Center Township

Valley Center Township’s public schools

Macksville Unified School District 351 and Fort Larned Unified School District 495 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Valley Center Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/4schools 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
22%
2021–22
Math proficiency
22%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$20.1K
▲ 34% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Fort Larned Unified School District 495
Students per teacher
10.0
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
803 students on the public path
In brief

Valley Center Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Valley Center Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Fort Larned Elementary School places highest (better than 84%); Macksville High lowest (4%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Valley Center Township, graded from B+ to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Larned Middle School and Macksville 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 Valley Center Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressB+ to A−
7–122 schoolsDepends on your addressD− to B−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Macksville Unified School District 351.

Two districts serve Valley Center Township

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

Macksville Unified School District 351Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 195 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 7.8 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$23,440KS $14,966 · FY2024
D
Fort Larned Unified School District 495Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 842 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 10.7 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$20,058KS $14,966 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Macksville Unified School District 35122%
State average 32.5% · 109 students tested
Math · PK–12, Macksville Unified School District 35122%
State average 29.4% · 111 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Fort Larned Unified School District 49532%
State average 32.5% · 447 students tested
Math · PK–12, Fort Larned Unified School District 49531%
State average 29.4% · 446 students tested

Valley Center Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Valley Center Township—Macksville Unified School District 351 PK–12 · Fort Larned Unified School District 495 PK–12
Farmington—Macksville Unified School District 351
Cleveland—St. John-Hudson Unified School District 350
Pleasant Valley—Fort Larned Unified School District 495
Logan—Macksville Unified School District 351 PK–12 · Fort Larned Unified School District 495 PK–12

2 of the 4 neighbors share Macksville Unified School District 351 with Valley Center Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Valley Center Township

4 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 Valley Center Townshipin other towns
Fort Larned Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Larned
A−
431 students12:1Rate it →
Macksville Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Macksville
B+
114 students9:1Rate it →
Larned Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Larned
B−
177 students10:1Rate it →
Macksville High
High · Grades 7–12 · Macksville
D−
81 students6:1Rate it →

Questions about Valley Center Township’s schools

Are Valley Center Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Valley Center Township. Macksville Unified School District 351 and Fort Larned Unified School District 495 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Valley Center Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Valley Center Township in?

Macksville Unified School District 351 and Fort Larned Unified School District 495.

Where do Valley Center Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Larned Middle School and Macksville 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.