Chase County Junior Senior High School

Set in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Chase County Junior Senior High School is an intimate high school, one of the schools within Chase County. It teaches 192 students across grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 410 students each, so Chase County Junior Senior High School sits 53% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Chase County, which oversees 2 schools and 409 students, Chase County Junior Senior High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Chase County Junior Senior High School reports that nearly all students (93%) are White. The remainder is composed of 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Chase County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 36% 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, Chase County Junior Senior High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.8%; this one delivers 36.1%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Chase County indicate median household earnings sit near $56,484, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Chase County runs 2 public schools (combined enrollment of about 409 students), of which Chase County Junior Senior High School is one.

The closest other public school is Chase County Elementary School, roughly 1.7 miles away. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chase County Junior Senior High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 35.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chase County Junior Senior High School has grew 33%, going from 144 students in 2018 to 192 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 6.6:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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