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Schools in Waterloo Township

Waterloo Township’s public schools

North Lyon County Unified School District 251 and Mission Valley Unified School District 330 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Waterloo 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
37%
2021–22
Math proficiency
27%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.4K
▲ 10% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024 · Mission Valley Unified School District 330
Students per teacher
10.5
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
777 students on the public path
In brief

Waterloo Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Waterloo Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Mission Valley Elementary places highest (better than 77%); Northern Heights lowest (22%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Waterloo Township, graded from B− to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two high schools: Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School and Northern Heights. 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 Waterloo Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–82 schoolsDepends on your addressB− to A−
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressC− to C+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the North Lyon County Unified School District 251.

Two districts serve Waterloo Township

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

North Lyon County Unified School District 251Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 325 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 9.7 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$18,709KS $14,966 · FY2024
B
Mission Valley Unified School District 330Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 452 students, up 4% since 2020–21 · 11.2 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$16,403KS $14,966 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, North Lyon County Unified School District 25137%
State average 32.5% · 173 students tested
Math · PK–12, North Lyon County Unified School District 25127%
State average 29.4% · 172 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Mission Valley Unified School District 33031%
State average 32.5% · 229 students tested
Math · PK–12, Mission Valley Unified School District 33029%
State average 29.4% · 229 students tested

Waterloo Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Waterloo Township—North Lyon County Unified School District 251 PK–12 · Mission Valley Unified School District 330 PK–12
Ivy—North Lyon County Unified School District 251
Wilmington—Mission Valley Unified School District 330
Plumb—Mission Valley Unified School District 330
Reading—North Lyon County Unified School District 251
Dragoon—Burlingame Public School Unified School District 454 PK–12 · Osage City Unified School District 420 PK–12
Grant—Osage City Unified School District 420

2 of the 6 neighbors share North Lyon County Unified School District 251 with Waterloo Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Waterloo 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 Waterloo Townshipin other towns
Mission Valley Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Eskridge
A−
236 students13:1Rate it →
NLC Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Americus
B−
223 students12:1Rate it →
Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Eskridge
C+
216 students10:1Rate it →
Northern Heights
High · Grades 9–12 · Allen
C−
102 students7:1Rate it →

Questions about Waterloo Township’s schools

Are Waterloo Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Waterloo Township. North Lyon County Unified School District 251 and Mission Valley Unified School District 330 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Waterloo 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 Waterloo Township in?

North Lyon County Unified School District 251 and Mission Valley Unified School District 330.

Where do Waterloo Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School and Northern Heights.

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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.