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Schools in Walnut Township

Walnut Township’s public schools

Otis-Bison Unified School District 403 has 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?1/2schools 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
27%
2021–22
Math proficiency
32%
2021–22
Graduate on time
64%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.4K
▲ 23% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
7.1
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
154 students on the public path
In brief

Walnut Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Walnut Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Otis-Bison Elementary places highest (better than 84%); Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School lowest (14%). 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–5Otis-Bison Elementaryin OtisA−
6–12Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High Schoolin OtisD

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Otis-Bison Unified School District 403.

The district

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

Otis-Bison Unified School District 403Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 172 students, down 26% since 2020–21 · 7.1 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$18,419KS $14,966 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading27%
State average 32.5% · 112 students tested
Math32%
State average 29.4% · 110 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—Otis-Bison Unified School District 403
Grant—Otis-Bison Unified School District 403 PK–12 · Hoisington Unified School District 431 PK–12
Clarence—Great Bend Unified School District 428 PK–12 · Fort Larned Unified School District 495 PK–12
Eureka—Hoisington Unified School District 431

Every school in Walnut Township

2 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
Otis-Bison Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Otis
A−
73 students7:1Rate it →
Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School
High · Grades 6–12 · Otis
D
81 students7:1Rate it →

Questions about Walnut Township’s schools

Are Walnut Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Walnut Township. Otis-Bison Unified School District 403 has 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 2 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?

Otis-Bison Unified School District 403.

Where do Walnut Township kids go to high school?

Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High 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.