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Schools in Walnut

Walnut’s public schools

Girard Unified School District 248 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Walnut. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/3schools 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
38%
2021–22
Math proficiency
36%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.3K
▲ 2% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.4
KS 13.3
Schools in town
0
1,012 students on the public path
In brief

Walnut’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Walnut’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. R V Haderlein Elem places highest (better than 81%); Girard Middle lowest (54%). 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, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5R V Haderlein Elemin GirardA−
6–8Girard Middlein GirardB−
9–12Girard Highin GirardB

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Girard Unified School District 248.

The district

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

Girard Unified School District 248Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,012 students · 13.4 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$15,314KS $14,966 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading38%
State average 32.5% · 476 students tested
Math36%
State average 29.4% · 476 students tested

Walnut vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Walnut—Girard Unified School District 248
Walnut Grove—Erie-Galesburg Unified School District 101 PK–12 · Chetopa-St. Paul Unified School District 505 PK–12 · Girard Unified School District 248 PK–12

Every school in Walnut

3 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 Walnutin other towns
R V Haderlein Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Girard
A−
527 students15:1Rate it →
Girard Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Girard
B−
201 students13:1Rate it →
Girard High
High · Grades 9–12 · Girard
B
284 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Walnut’s schools

Are Walnut’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Walnut. Girard Unified School District 248 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Walnut. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Walnut in?

Girard Unified School District 248.

Where do Walnut kids go to high school?

Girard 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.