Caldwell Secondary School

Caldwell Secondary School is one of the tiny secondary schools in Caldwell, Kansas, overseen by Caldwell, with 109 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 410 students each, so Caldwell Secondary School sits 73% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Caldwell (248 students total), Caldwell Secondary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Caldwell Secondary School reports that White students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder comes out to 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Caldwell Secondary School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. Around 69% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sumner County (around 53%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Caldwell Secondary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.0%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Sumner County) shows that median household earnings sit near $63,951, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Sumner County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,436 students), of which Caldwell Secondary School is one.

Caldwell Secondary School-Chisholm Trail eLea is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Caldwell Secondary School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.4%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Caldwell Secondary School's enrollment has ticked down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 137 (now 109). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 85% to 76%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 6.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.