Cedar Vale High

Cedar Vale High, a rural-scale 9-12 campus in Cedar Vale, Kansas, overseen by Cedar Vale, enrolls 63 students, covering grades 6 through 12. That puts it 85% below the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 410 students.

Within Cedar Vale, which oversees 2 schools and 128 students, Cedar Vale High is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cedar Vale High lists that 76% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 14% multiracial, 8% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Cedar Vale High reports 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Cedar Vale High tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Chautauqua County (around 59%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cedar Vale High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.2%, the actual is 28.2%, a residual of -11.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Chautauqua County indicate median household earnings sit near $56,438, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Chautauqua County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 488 students), of which Cedar Vale High is one.

Cedar Vale Elem is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cedar Vale High ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 42.4%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cedar Vale High has contracted 24%, going from 83 students in 2018 to 63 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 9.8:1 in 2018 to 6.5:1 today.

On this page, members of the Cedar Vale High community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.