Kansas High School

As a tiny high school in Kansas, Illinois, Kansas High School enrolls 73 students from grades 7 through 12, part of Kansas CUSD 3. Enrollment runs roughly 91% smaller than the state mean of about 834.

Kansas CUSD 3 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 168 students; Kansas High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Kansas High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). The remainder comes out to 7% Black.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.5:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Kansas High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.0%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Edgar County) logs that median household earnings sit near $59,941, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Kansas High School is one of 19 public schools in Edgar County (combined enrollment of about 2,650 students).

Nearest neighbor: Kansas Elem School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Kansas High School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kansas High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 37.2%.

Kansas High School operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Kansas High School's enrollment has shrank 30% since 2018, when it stood at 104 (now 73). White enrollment moved from 98% to 90% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 5.5:1 today.

On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.