Centre

As an intimate combined-grade school in Lost Springs, Kansas, Centre enrolls 183 students from grades pre-K through 12, part of Centre. Enrollment runs roughly 48% below the state mean of about 353.

Within Centre, which oversees 2 schools and 563 students, Centre is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Centre reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Beyond that, the school reports 11% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 49.0:1, putting Centre tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Marion County's rate of about 44%.

After controlling for student poverty, Centre sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.3%; this one delivers 46.3%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Marion County) logs that median household income runs about $64,695, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Marion County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,153 students), of which Centre is one.

Kansas Online Learning Program is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Centre at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 36.1%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Centre's enrollment has edged down 67% since 2018, when it stood at 556 (now 183). Over the same period, the White share rose from 77% to 87%. Class-load math has tightened: from 25.3:1 in 2018 to 7.6:1 in 2025.

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