Central Jr-Sr High

Central Jr-Sr High is one of the rural-scale senior highs in Burden, Kansas, operated by Central, with 139 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. That puts it 66% leaner than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 410 students.

Central runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 301 students. Central Jr-Sr High is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Central Jr-Sr High shows that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. Compared to Cowley County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Central Jr-Sr High records 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.2:1. The state averages around 11.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 49% of students at Central Jr-Sr High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cowley County (around 59%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Central Jr-Sr High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.8%, the actual is 35.8%, a residual of -3.0 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Cowley County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $57,878 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Cowley County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,714 students), of which Central Jr-Sr High is one.

Central Elem is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Central Jr-Sr High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 37.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Central Jr-Sr High's enrollment has ticked down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 153 (now 139). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 today.

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