Central Heights High

Central Heights High is a low-enrollment 9-12 campus in Richmond, Kansas, operated by Central Heights. The school hosts 300 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 27% leaner than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 410 students.

Within Central Heights, which oversees 2 schools and 539 students, Central Heights High is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Central Heights High reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). The remainder breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Central Heights High shows 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. The state averages about 11.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Central Heights High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.0%, the actual is 34.8%, a residual of -2.1 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Franklin County indicate median household earnings sit near $77,207, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Franklin County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,187 students), Central Heights High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Central Heights Elem, around 0.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Central Heights High comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 37.0%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Central Heights High's enrollment has increased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 278 (now 300). Class-load math has loosened: from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Central Heights High typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.