Enrollment
246
High
DISTRICT 270 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURLINGTON·NCES 200429000178
Burlington High
830 Cross St, Burlington, KS 66839 · (620) 364-8672 · Coffey County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL246 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Kansas public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
9.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
96 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 63 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 61 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 64 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 58 | 24% |
Student demographics
25%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 Burlington. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
35.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
37.7%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 | 35.0% | 37.7% |
| 2023-24 | 16.7% | 22.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Burlington High
Burlington High's state test result (23.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington High this school | 246 | 39.0% | 23.3% |
| Osage City High Osage City | 218 | 38.5% | 33.4% |
| Doniphan West JR/SR High School Highland | 176 | 38.6% | 26.1% |
| Sterling Junior High/Senior High Sterling | 232 | 37.9% | 43.3% |
| Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School Minneapolis | 300 | 41.7% | 30.6% |
| Clay Center Community High Clay Center | 326 | 40.8% | 35.9% |
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 Burlington High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #194 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #107 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #157 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 246 | #143 of 332 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #13 of 172 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.8% | #126 of 172 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.0% | #162 of 263 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #22 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
246
-26 (-10%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 249
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 246 | 25.6 | 9.6:1 | 39% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 256 | 22.6 | 11.3:1 | 39% (99) |
| 2022-23 | 262 | 23 | 11.4:1 | 35% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 272 | 23 | 11.8:1 | 33% (91) |
| 2017-18 | 288 | 24.4 | 11.8:1 | 31% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 273 | 24 | 11.4:1 | 32% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 253 | 24 | 10.5:1 | 36% (92) |
| 2000-01 | 366 | 28 | 13.1:1 | 25% (93) |
| 1990-91 | 249 | 22 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burlington High.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (288 to 246); teachers up 5% (24.4 to 25.6).
About Burlington High
In Burlington, Kansas, Burlington High is a low-enrollment high school. It educates 246 students in grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Kansas is about 410 students.
A total of 3 schools make up Burlington, with 810 students enrolled.
Most students at Burlington High are White: 86% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 9% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Burlington High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 25%.
Burlington High's 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 9.6:1. For comparison, high schools in Kansas average 11.9:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 39% of enrollment.
Burlington High is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 15% of Kansas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Burlington High is a bottom-10% school in Kansas on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 23.3% against a predicted 43.5%.
Coffey County has these Census figures: median household income is about $70,346, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Burlington High is among the 10 public schools in Coffey County.
The school nearest to Burlington High is Burlington Middle School 5 - 8, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Within five miles of Burlington High, there are 2 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 36.4%; Burlington High's is 23.3%, ranking 6th of 8.
The school's locale code, Rural: Remote, means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Burlington High saw enrollment fall 10% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 11.8:1 to 9.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Coffey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,308
Census ACS
Median income
$70,346
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
1,498 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Burlington
- Burlington Elementary SchoolElementary · 322 students
- Burlington Middle School 5 - 8Middle · 242 students
Other schools in Burlington
- Burlington Elementary SchoolElementary · 322 students
- Burlington Middle School 5 - 8Middle · 242 students
Other Burlington High schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Burlington High. Burlington High is the 4th largest of the 7.
- Burlington HighBurlington, MA · 1,019 students
- Burlington High SchoolBurlington, VT · 921 students
- Burlington High SchoolBurlington, WI · 880 students
- Burlington High SchoolBURLINGTON, CO · 216 students
- Burlington High SchoolBurlington, WY · 69 students
Nearby schools
- Burlington Middle School 5 - 80.1 mi · 242
- Burlington Elementary School1.0 mi · 322
- Southern Coffey County Middle School10.3 mi · 50
- Southern Coffey County High School10.3 mi · 37
- Southern Coffey County Elementary10.5 mi · 84
- Hartford Jr./Sr. High School13.5 mi · 101
Frequently asked questions
About Burlington HighHow large is Burlington High?
Burlington High enrolls approximately 246 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Burlington High serve?
Burlington High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Burlington High have?
Burlington High employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Burlington High?
Student demographics at Burlington High are roughly 86% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Burlington High?
Burlington High is overseen by Burlington in Coffey County.
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