Atchison County Community JR/SR High

As a modestly sized high school in Effingham, Kansas, Atchison County Community JR/SR High works with 254 students from grades 7 through 12, part of Atchison Co Comm Schools. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 410 students each, so Atchison County Community JR/SR High sits 38% below that benchmark.

Within Atchison Co Comm Schools, which oversees 2 schools and 498 students, Atchison County Community JR/SR High is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Atchison County Community JR/SR High lists that nearly all students (93%) are White. Other groups include 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Atchison County Community JR/SR High has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Atchison County (around 58%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Atchison County Community JR/SR High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.5%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Atchison County put median household earnings sit near $61,112, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Atchison County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,948 students), of which Atchison County Community JR/SR High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Atchison County Community Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Atchison County Community JR/SR High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 32.8%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 3%: 247 students in 2018 compared to 254 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 in 2025.

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