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Schools in Walton Township

Walton Township’s public schools

Newton Unified School District 373 and Peabody-Burns Unified School District 398 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Walton Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/8schools 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
25%
2021–22
Math proficiency
16%
2021–22
Graduate on time
91%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.4K
▲ 16% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Newton Unified School District 373
Students per teacher
12.2
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,777 students on the public path
In brief

Walton Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Walton Township’s 8 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. South Breeze Elementary places highest (better than 72%); Opportunity Academy lowest (5%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Five elementary schools serve Walton Township, graded from C to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then three middle schools: Chisholm Middle School, Peabody-Burns Jr/Sr High School and Opportunity Academy. 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 Walton Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–45 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC to B+
6–123 schoolsDepends on your addressD to C

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Newton Unified School District 373.

Two districts serve Walton Township

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

Newton Unified School District 373Grades PK–12 · 8 schools · 2,943 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 12.7 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$17,375KS $14,966 · FY2024
C
Peabody-Burns Unified School District 398Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 206 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 8.0 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$19,502KS $14,966 · FY2024
D−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Newton Unified School District 37325%
State average 32.5% · 1569 students tested
Math · PK–12, Newton Unified School District 37316%
State average 29.4% · 1581 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Peabody-Burns Unified School District 39817%
State average 32.5% · 89 students tested
Math · PK–12, Peabody-Burns Unified School District 39817%
State average 29.4% · 89 students tested

Walton Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Walton Township—Newton Unified School District 373 PK–12 · Peabody-Burns Unified School District 398 PK–12
East Branch—Goessel Unified School District 411 PK–12 · Peabody-Burns Unified School District 398 PK–12 · Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh Unified School District 410 PK–12
PeabodyD−Peabody-Burns Unified School District 398
Highland—Hesston Unified School District 460 PK–12 · Newton Unified School District 373 PK–12
Pleasant—Remington-Whitewater Unified School District 206 PK–12 · Newton Unified School District 373 PK–12

2 of the 4 neighbors share Peabody-Burns Unified School District 398 with Walton Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Walton Township

8 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 Walton Townshipin other towns
Northridge Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Newton
B
345 students18:1Rate it →
South Breeze Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Newton
B+
316 students13:1Rate it →
Peabody-Burns Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Peabody
C
104 students9:1Rate it →
Slate Creek Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Newton
C+
236 students11:1Rate it →
Sunset Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Newton
B−
199 students11:1Rate it →
Peabody-Burns Jr/Sr High School
High · Grades 6–12 · Peabody
C
102 students7:1Rate it →
Opportunity Academy
High · Grades 6–12 · Newton
D
53 students11:1Rate it →
Chisholm Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Newton
C−
422 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Walton Township’s schools

Are Walton Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Walton Township. Newton Unified School District 373 and Peabody-Burns Unified School District 398 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Walton Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 8 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Walton Township in?

Newton Unified School District 373 and Peabody-Burns Unified School District 398.

Where do Walton Township kids go to high school?

One of three high schools, depending on your address: Chisholm Middle School, Peabody-Burns Jr/Sr High School and Opportunity Academy.

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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.