Enrollment
241
High
DISTRICT 254 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLUESTEM·NCES 200855000038
Bluestem Jr/Sr High
500 Bluestem Drive, Leon, KS 67074 · (316) 742-3281 · Butler County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL241 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
115 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 51%
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 Bluestem. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
32.8%
KS avg 44.5% . +7.8pp since 2023
Math
25.2%
KS avg 38.8% . +14.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
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
27.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
241
+21 (+10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 11.5:1
% White
85%
was 89%
% Hispanic
7%
was 7%
% Black
0%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Bluestem Jr/Sr High
Bluestem Jr/Sr High is a four-year high school of intimate scale in Leon, Kansas, operated by Bluestem, works with 241 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 41% smaller than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 410 students.
Bluestem runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 508 students. Bluestem Jr/Sr High is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Bluestem Jr/Sr High logs that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Bluestem Jr/Sr High tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 48% of students at Bluestem Jr/Sr High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Butler County (around 37%), the school's rate is north of typical.
After controlling for student poverty, Bluestem Jr/Sr High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.7%.
In the broader community, Butler County reports that the typical household earns roughly $81,610 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Bluestem Jr/Sr High is one of 42 public schools in Butler County (combined enrollment of about 18,052 students).
Nearest neighbor: Bluestem Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Bluestem Jr/Sr High comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 34.8%.
Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 10%: 220 students in 2018 compared to 241 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Bluestem Jr/Sr High community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Butler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
68,287
Census ACS
Median income
$81,610
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
18,052 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Bluestem Elementary School0.2 mi · 267
- Ewalt Elementary9.7 mi · 310
- Skelly Elementary School9.8 mi · 266
- Augusta Sr High10.0 mi · 594
- El Dorado Virtual School10.0 mi · 22
- Lincoln Elem10.3 mi · 300
Frequently asked questions
About Bluestem Jr/Sr HighWhat is the total enrollment at Bluestem Jr/Sr High?
Bluestem Jr/Sr High enrolls approximately 241 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Bluestem Jr/Sr High serve?
Bluestem Jr/Sr High serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Bluestem Jr/Sr High have?
Bluestem Jr/Sr High employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bluestem Jr/Sr High?
At Bluestem Jr/Sr High, the student body is approximately 85% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Bluestem Jr/Sr High in?
Bluestem Jr/Sr High is part of Bluestem.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.