Carbondale Attendance Center

Carbondale Attendance Center, a mid-tier junior high in Carbondale, Kansas, run under Santa Fe Trail, works with 370 students, covering grades 4 through 8.

Across the 3 schools in Santa Fe Trail (1,009 students total), Carbondale Attendance Center accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Carbondale Attendance Center logs that nearly all students (89%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Carbondale Attendance Center tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.6%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Osage County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,467, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Carbondale Attendance Center is one of 13 public schools in Osage County (combined enrollment of about 2,587 students).

The closest other public school is Santa Fe Trail High, roughly 3.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Carbondale Attendance Center at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 33.3%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Carbondale Attendance Center has rose 3%, going from 358 students in 2018 to 370 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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