Enrollment
73
High
DISTRICT 84 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANSAS CUSD 3·NCES 172079002371
Kansas High School
310 S Front, Kansas, IL 61933 · (217) 948-5175 · Edgar County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL73 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of Illinois public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public high schools
Student : Teacher
5.5:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 6.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
46 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 12 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 11 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 11 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 20 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 11 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 8 | 11% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Kansas CUSD 3. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
50.0%
IL avg 51.0% . -6.5pp since 2023
Math
15.4%
IL avg 37.9% . -19.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 19 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 15.4% |
| 2023-24 | 56.5% | 34.8% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Kansas High School
Kansas High School's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas High School this school | 73 | 63.0% | 34.0% |
| Joppa Jr & Sr High School Joppa | 78 | 61.5% | 24.7% |
| Coulterville High School Coulterville | 64 | 64.1% | 25.3% |
| Elverado High School Elkville | 102 | 63.7% | 29.4% |
| Pleasant Hill High School Pleasant Hill | 99 | 57.6% | 33.3% |
| Brownstown High School Brownstown | 102 | 68.6% | 29.8% |
Matched among Illinois high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Kansas High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 73 | #684 of 708 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
73
-16 (-18%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 83
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73 | 13.3 | 5.5:1 | 63% (46) |
| 2023-24 | 81 | 10.8 | 7.5:1 | 63% (51) |
| 2022-23 | 82 | 9.4 | 8.7:1 | 59% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 89 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 104 | 11 | 9.4:1 | 56% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 99 | 10 | 9.9:1 | 52% (51) |
| 2010-11 | 109 | 12 | 9.1:1 | 42% (46) |
| 2000-01 | 90 | 13 | 6.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 83 | 13 | 6.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kansas High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (104 to 73); teachers up 20% (11 to 13.3).
About Kansas High School
Kansas High School is a small high school in Kansas, Illinois. School enrollment was 73 students in 2024-25, in grades 7 through 12. For comparison, high schools in Illinois average about 834 students.
Kansas CUSD 3 is made up of 2 schools with 168 students in all.
Most students at Kansas High School are White: 90% of enrollment. Other groups make up 7% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Kansas High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 18%.
The school employs the equivalent of 13.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 5.5:1. Among high schools in Illinois, the typical ratio is 13.8:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 63%.
The allk12 Grade for Kansas High School is B. Compared with Illinois public high schools, the school scored higher than 58% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 35.1% for Kansas High School. The school posts 34.0%, 1.2 points below the prediction.
Across Edgar County, median household income is about $59,941, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The public schools of Edgar County number 19 and enroll about 2,650.
The closest public school to Kansas High School is Kansas Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number 2. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Kansas High School ranks 5th on proficiency.
The school is in rural territory far from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Remote).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Kansas High School went from 89 students to 73.
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Edgar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,535
Census ACS
Median income
$59,941
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
2,650 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kansas
- Kansas Elementary SchoolElementary · 95 students
- Treatment & Learning CenterElementary
Other Kansas High schools
One other US public school is named Kansas High. Kansas High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Kansas High SchoolKansas, OK · 256 students
Nearby schools
- Kansas Elementary School0.0 mi · 95
- Ashmore Elementary School4.5 mi · 74
- Lake Crest Elementary School8.6 mi · 185
- Oakland High School8.6 mi · 61
- Charleston Middle School12.7 mi · 401
- Charleston High School12.8 mi · 795
Frequently asked questions
About Kansas High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kansas High School?
Kansas High School enrolls approximately 73 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Kansas High School serve?
Kansas High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kansas High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kansas High School is approximately 5.5:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kansas High School?
At Kansas High School, the student body is approximately 90% White, 1% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees Kansas High School?
Kansas High School is overseen by Kansas CUSD 3 in Edgar County.
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