Perry-Lecompton USD 343 is a unified school district

Unified school district

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 serving portions of southern Jefferson County

Jefferson County, Kansas

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 and northwestern Douglas County

Douglas County, Kansas

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. It serves the communities of Perry

Perry, Kansas

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, Lecompton

Lecompton, Kansas

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, Grantville

Grantville, Kansas

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, and Williamstown

Williamstown, Kansas

Williamstown is an unincorporated community in southeastern Jefferson County, Kansas, United States, off U.S. Route 24....

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The district has four school buildings and five schools.

• Perry Elementary School serves grades K-2.
• Lecompton Elementary School serves grades 3-4.
• Perry-Lecompton Middle School, located in Perry, serves grades 5-8 and is part of the PLHS Building.
• Perry-Lecompton High School, located in Perry, serves grades 9-12.

The district also operates an Early Childhood Education Center in Grantville.

The district used to own and operate a school in Williamstown that served a variety of grades, but closed it down and sold it due to money constraints. The school in Williamstown is now used by the Williamstown Assembly of God.