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Enrollment
437
High
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALDWIN CITY·NCES 200372000704
Baldwin High School
415 Eisenhower, Baldwin City, KS 66006 · (785) 594-2725 · Douglas County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Kansas public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 Kansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
121 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 125 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 88 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 115 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 109 | 25% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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 Baldwin City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
41.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
44.8%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 | 41.4% | 44.8% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 23.4% |
% 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
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Baldwin High School
Baldwin High School's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin High School this school | 437 | 27.7% | 36.1% |
| Wamego High Wamego | 504 | 27.8% | 27.9% |
| Southeast Saline High Gypsum | 323 | 30.0% | 43.0% |
| Circle High Towanda | 604 | 30.5% | 26.6% |
| Eudora High School Eudora | 558 | 31.2% | 30.3% |
| Clearwater High Clearwater | 361 | 31.0% | 30.6% |
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 Baldwin High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #64 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #67 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #101 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #94 of 332 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #97 of 172 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.5% | #115 of 172 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.7% | #228 of 263 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #97 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
437
+27 (+7%) vs 2020
+62% since 1990-91, when it was 270
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 437 | 31.8 | 13.8:1 | 28% (121) |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 30.6 | 13.5:1 | 26% (109) |
| 2022-23 | 424 | 31.4 | 13.5:1 | 23% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 410 | 32 | 12.8:1 | 26% (105) |
| 2017-18 | 440 | 36.6 | 12.0:1 | 25% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 420 | 37 | 11.3:1 | 26% (109) |
| 2010-11 | 431 | 30 | 14.4:1 | 22% (94) |
| 2000-01 | 447 | 31 | 14.4:1 | 15% (67) |
| 1990-91 | 270 | 24 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Baldwin High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (440 to 437); teachers down 13% (36.6 to 31.8).
About Baldwin High School
Federal records list Baldwin High School as a high school in Baldwin City, Kansas. In all, 437 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12.
Baldwin High School is one school in Baldwin City, a system of 4 schools with 1,387 students.
Of every 100 students at Baldwin High School, about 85 are White. Other students are 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 26%.
The school had 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 13.8:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Kansas is 11.9:1. The school reported 28% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is lower than the 40% average for public schools in Douglas County.
Baldwin High School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 65% of Kansas public high schools.
Baldwin High School is 12.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (36.1% versus 49.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Kansas.
Census data for Douglas County show median household income comes to about $69,746, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 30 public schools and about 13,766 students.
Baldwin Junior High School is the nearest public school to Baldwin High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number 3. Baldwin High School comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 410 (2020-21) to 437 (2024-25).
The allk12 page for Baldwin High School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
120,302
Census ACS
Median income
$69,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
13,766 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baldwin City
- Baldwin Elementary Primary CenterElementary · 365 students
- Baldwin Junior High SchoolMiddle · 309 students
- Baldwin Elementary Intermediate CenterElementary · 276 students
Other schools in Baldwin City
- Baldwin Elementary Primary CenterElementary · 365 students
- Baldwin Junior High SchoolMiddle · 309 students
- Baldwin Elementary Intermediate CenterElementary · 276 students
Other Baldwin High schools
One other US public school is named Baldwin High. Baldwin High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Baldwin High SchoolMilledgeville, GA · 1,283 students
Nearby schools
- Baldwin Junior High School0.1 mi · 309
- Baldwin Elementary Intermediate Center0.9 mi · 276
- Baldwin Elementary Primary Center1.2 mi · 365
- Wellsville Elem6.7 mi · 411
- Wellsville High7.1 mi · 278
- Wellsville Middle School7.2 mi · 167
Frequently asked questions
About Baldwin High SchoolHow large is Baldwin High School?
Baldwin High School enrolls approximately 437 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Baldwin High School serve?
Baldwin High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Baldwin High School?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Baldwin High School.
How diverse is Baldwin High School?
Baldwin High School reports a student body of 85% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Baldwin High School?
Baldwin High School is overseen by Baldwin City in Douglas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.