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Schools in Walnut Township

Walnut Township’s public schools

Atchison Public Schools Unified School District 409 and Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Walnut Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/5schools 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
24%
2021–22
Math proficiency
19%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.7K
▲ 5% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Atchison Public Schools Unified School District 409
Students per teacher
12.4
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,529 students on the public path
In brief

Walnut Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Walnut Township’s 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Atchison County Community Elementary School places highest (better than 81%); Atchison County Community JR/SR High lowest (11%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Walnut Township, graded from C+ to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then three middle schools: Atchison Middle School, Atchison County Community JR/SR High and Central School. 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 Walnut Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to A−
7–123 schoolsDepends on your addressD to C−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Atchison Public Schools Unified School District 409.

Two districts serve Walnut Township

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

Atchison Public Schools Unified School District 409Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,450 students, down 10% since 2020–21 · 13.2 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$15,690KS $14,966 · FY2024
C
Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 498 students, up 4% since 2020–21 · 10.5 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$16,591KS $14,966 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Atchison Public Schools Unified School District 40924%
State average 32.5% · 773 students tested
Math · PK–12, Atchison Public Schools Unified School District 40919%
State average 29.4% · 768 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 37730%
State average 32.5% · 252 students tested
Math · PK–12, Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 37727%
State average 29.4% · 252 students tested

Walnut Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Walnut Township—Atchison Public Schools Unified School District 409 PK–12 · Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377 PK–12
AtchisonCAtchison Public Schools Unified School District 409
Mount Pleasant—Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377
EastonAEaston Unified School District 449
KickapooAEaston Unified School District 449

Every school in Walnut Township

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 Walnut Townshipin other towns
Atchison Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Atchison
C+
693 students15:1Rate it →
Atchison County Community Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Effingham
A−
244 students12:1Rate it →
Central School
Grades 2–12 · Atchison
C−
51 students10:1Rate it →
Atchison Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Atchison
C−
287 students11:1Rate it →
Atchison County Community JR/SR High
High · Grades 7–12 · Effingham
D
254 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Walnut Township’s schools

Are Walnut Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Walnut Township. Atchison Public Schools Unified School District 409 and Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Walnut Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Walnut Township in?

Atchison Public Schools Unified School District 409 and Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377.

Where do Walnut Township kids go to high school?

One of three high schools, depending on your address: Atchison Middle School, Atchison County Community JR/SR High and Central School.

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What Walnut 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.