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The most racially diverse public schools in Cherokee County, Kansas

Across Cherokee County, Kansas, 10 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Lincoln Elem leads the list at 48.5%, against a median of 36.4% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Cherokee County, Kansas

Top Diversity index

48.5%

Median Diversity index

36.4%

MOST DIVERSE · CHEROKEE COUNTY, KANSAS

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Lincoln Elem	Baxter Springs, KS	245	48.5%	69.8%(171)	0.4%(1)	5.7%(14)	0.4%(1)
2	Central Elem	Baxter Springs, KS	223	47.4%	70.4%(157)	0.0%(0)	7.6%(17)	0.0%(0)
3	Spring Grove Primary Center	Galena, KS	229	46.0%	70.7%(162)	0.4%(1)	8.7%(20)	0.0%(0)
4	Baxter Springs High	Baxter Springs, KS	361	42.2%	74.8%(270)	1.1%(4)	4.2%(15)	0.3%(1)
5	Park Elem	Columbus, KS	208	39.9%	76.4%(159)	2.4%(5)	9.6%(20)	0.5%(1)
6	Riverton High	Riverton, KS	218	32.9%	81.2%(177)	1.8%(4)	0.9%(2)	1.4%(3)
7	Riverton Elem	Riverton, KS	313	30.5%	82.4%(258)	0.3%(1)	1.3%(4)	0.0%(0)
8	Galena High	Galena, KS	236	29.8%	83.0%(196)	0.4%(1)	5.9%(14)	0.0%(0)
9	Central Elem	Columbus, KS	348	28.2%	84.2%(293)	0.6%(2)	5.5%(19)	0.3%(1)
10	Columbus Junior High and High School	Columbus, KS	438	24.5%	86.5%(379)	0.7%(3)	3.9%(17)	0.0%(0)

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