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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Abilene High School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
443
High
DISTRICT 234 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABILENE·NCES 200318001063
Abilene High School
1300 N Cedar, Abilene, KS 67410 · (785) 263-1260 · Dickinson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
192 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 9 | 122 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 112 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 108 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 101 | 23% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 58% · 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 Abilene. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
52.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
35.0%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.6% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.2% | 21.6% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. 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
27.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Kansas 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 Kansas'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 Abilene High School
Abilene High School's state test result (27.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abilene High School this school | 443 | 43.3% | 27.2% |
| Augusta Sr High Augusta | 594 | 41.4% | 20.3% |
| Caney Valley High Caney | 335 | 43.0% | 44.3% |
| Girard High Girard | 284 | 44.0% | 36.0% |
| Santa Fe Trail High Carbondale | 308 | 46.1% | 17.1% |
| Marysville Jr/Sr High Marysville | 364 | 45.1% | 32.2% |
Matched among Kansas 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 Abilene High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #151 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #130 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #35 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 443 | #91 of 332 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #30 of 172 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.9% | #130 of 172 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.3% | #134 of 263 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #37 of 100 |
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
443
-39 (-8%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 410
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 443 | 41.3 | 10.7:1 | 43% (192) |
| 2023-24 | 449 | 30.4 | 14.8:1 | 43% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 27 | 16.7:1 | 40% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 482 | 30 | 16.1:1 | 34% (162) |
| 2017-18 | 493 | 34.3 | 14.4:1 | 43% (210) |
| 2015-16 | 524 | 40 | 13.1:1 | 42% (219) |
| 2010-11 | 490 | 32 | 15.3:1 | 33% (161) |
| 2000-01 | 473 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 22% (106) |
| 1990-91 | 410 | 31 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Abilene High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (493 to 443); teachers up 20% (34.3 to 41.3).
About Abilene High School
Abilene High School is a mid-sized high school in Abilene, Kansas, administered by Abilene. In all, 443 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12.
Abilene is the district for Abilene High School. It has 6 schools and 1,476 students.
The share of students at Abilene High School who are White is 87%. Other groups include 9% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 24, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 41.3 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1. High schools in Kansas have an average ratio of 11.9:1. At Abilene High School, 43% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Abilene High School scores 27.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 41.5%.
In the surrounding county, Dickinson County, the median household earns about $68,417 a year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Abilene High School, Dickinson County has 19 public schools.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Abilene Virtual School, is the closest to Abilene High School. The count of other public schools within five miles is 5. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Abilene High School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
In 2020-21, Abilene High School enrolled 482 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 443. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.7:1) than in 2020-21 (16.1:1).
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Dickinson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,445
Census ACS
Median income
$68,417
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
3,530 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Abilene
- Abilene Middle SchoolMiddle · 319 students
- Kennedy ElemElementary · 276 students
- Dwight D. Eisenhower ElementaryElementary · 218 students
- McKinley ElemElementary · 196 students
- Abilene Virtual SchoolHigh · 24 students
Other schools in Abilene
- Abilene Middle SchoolMiddle · 319 students
- Kennedy ElemElementary · 276 students
- Dwight D. Eisenhower ElementaryElementary · 218 students
- McKinley ElemElementary · 196 students
- Blue Ridge ElemElementary · 71 students
- Rural Center ElemElementary · 62 students
Other Abilene High schools
One other US public school is named Abilene High. Abilene High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Abilene High SchoolABILENE, TX · 1,798 students
Nearby schools
- Abilene Virtual School0.2 mi · 24
- Abilene Middle School0.2 mi · 319
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary0.3 mi · 218
- Kennedy Elem0.4 mi · 276
- McKinley Elem1.2 mi · 196
- Enterprise Elem5.6 mi · 86
Frequently asked questions
About Abilene High SchoolHow large is Abilene High School?
Abilene High School enrolls approximately 443 students in grades 09-12.
Is Abilene High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Abilene High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Abilene High School have?
Abilene High School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Abilene High School?
Student demographics at Abilene High School are roughly 87% White, 9% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Abilene High School?
Abilene High School is overseen by Abilene in Dickinson County.
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