Basehor-Linwood High School

Basehor-Linwood High School is a roomy four-year high school in Basehor, Kansas, overseen by Basehor-Linwood. The school instructs 882 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 410 students per school, that is 115% above typical.

Basehor-Linwood runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,092 students. Basehor-Linwood High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Basehor-Linwood High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Beyond that, the school records 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Leavenworth County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Leavenworth County (around 34%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Basehor-Linwood High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.0%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Leavenworth County put median household income runs about $89,218, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Basehor-Linwood High School is one of 30 public schools in Leavenworth County (combined enrollment of about 13,185 students).

The closest other public school is Basehor-Linwood Virtual School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Basehor-Linwood High School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Basehor-Linwood High School's enrollment has ticked up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 838 (now 882). Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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