Mission’s public schools score below 77% of Kansas districts
The public schools Mission’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 77% of Kansas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
How Mission compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Kansas’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Kansas only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Mission.
Horton Elem
Grades PK–4 · 226 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Horton
Horton Elem
Grades PK–4 · 226 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Horton
Horton Elem
Grades PK–4 · 226 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Horton
Horton Elem
Grades PK–4 · 226 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Horton
Parts of Mission are served by Hiawatha Unified School District 415.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Mission vs. its neighbors
Mission’s schools rank 4th of 6 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Kansas districts.
Every school in Mission
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Mission families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Mission
There’s no college in Mission, but 2 are within 30 miles. The closest is Highland Community College in Highland, 17.2 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Mission. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Kansas. Stars are from neighbors.