Western Plains USD 106 is a public unified school district headquartered in Ransom, Kansas, United States.
[1] The district includes the communities of Ransom, Arnold, Bazine, Brownell, Utica, and nearby rural areas.
[2] The school district operates the following schools:[1] In 1945 (after World War II), the School Reorganization Act in Kansas caused the consolidation of thousands of rural school districts in Kansas.
[3] In 1963, the School Unification Act in Kansas caused the further consolidatation of thousands of tiny school districts into hundreds of larger Unified School Districts.
[5] In 2005, NesTre La Go USD 301 dissolved, and most of its students moved to Western Plains USD 106.