Enrollment
192
High
DISTRICT 205 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHASE COUNTY·NCES 200525002024
Chase County Junior Senior High School
600 Main Street, Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845 · (620) 273-6354 · Chase County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL192 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Kansas public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
70 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 39 | 20% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 31 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 28 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 32 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 27 | 14% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 58% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Chase County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
50.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
46.0%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 26.1% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Chase County Junior Senior High School
Chase County Junior Senior High School's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chase County Junior Senior High School this school | 192 | 36.5% | 36.1% |
| Smoky Valley High Lindsborg | 243 | 36.6% | 32.8% |
| Ellis Jr/Sr High Ellis | 161 | 36.0% | 40.8% |
| Moundridge High Moundridge | 160 | 35.0% | 34.8% |
| Valley Heights Jr/Sr High Blue Rapids | 166 | 38.6% | 46.3% |
| Sterling Junior High/Senior High Sterling | 232 | 37.9% | 43.3% |
Matched among Kansas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Chase County Junior Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #63 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #61 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #50 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 192 | #177 of 332 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.5% | #178 of 263 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
192
+29 (+18%) vs 2020
-3% since 2010-11, when it was 198
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 11.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 192 | 16.8 | 11.4:1 | 36% (70) |
| 2023-24 | 170 | 14.6 | 11.6:1 | 36% (61) |
| 2022-23 | 165 | 15.6 | 10.6:1 | 38% (63) |
| 2020-21 | 163 | 14 | 11.6:1 | 40% (66) |
| 2017-18 | 144 | 21.8 | 6.6:1 | 32% (46) |
| 2015-16 | 170 | 22 | 7.7:1 | 31% (52) |
| 2010-11 | 198 | 18 | 11.0:1 | 42% (83) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chase County Junior Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 33% (144 to 192); teachers down 23% (21.8 to 16.8).
About Chase County Junior Senior High School
Chase County Junior Senior High School is a low-enrollment high school located in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. Total enrollment is 192 students, and the grades served are 7 through 12. It has 53% fewer students than the average for high schools in Kansas (about 410).
Chase County is responsible for 2 schools, Chase County Junior Senior High School included, with 409 students in all.
At Chase County Junior Senior High School, 93% of students are White. The school is also 6% Hispanic. Census estimates put Chase County at about 89% White, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for Chase County Junior Senior High School is 14%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 11.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Chase County Junior Senior High School, which has 16.8. The 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas is close to this figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Chase County Junior Senior High School is about 36%.
On the allk12 Grade, Chase County Junior Senior High School lands at B+, ahead of 73% of Kansas public high schools.
A school with Chase County Junior Senior High School's lunch-eligibility share in Kansas is predicted to score 44.8%. Chase County Junior Senior High School scores 36.1%, 8.6 points below that line.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Chase County show that the median household earns about $56,484 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Chase County has 2 public schools with about 409 students, including Chase County Junior Senior High School.
Chase County Elementary School is about 1.7 miles from Chase County Junior Senior High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Chase County Junior Senior High School is 6th on average proficiency.
Chase County Junior Senior High School falls in the Rural: Remote locale category, used for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Chase County Junior Senior High School had a net gain of 29 students, or 18%.
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Chase County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,561
Census ACS
Median income
$56,484
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2
409 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chase County
- Chase County Elementary SchoolElementary · 217 students
Nearby schools
- Chase County Elementary School1.7 mi · 217
- Emporia Middle School17.7 mi · 843
- Emporia High17.7 mi · 1,494
- NLC Elementary School17.8 mi · 223
- Timmerman Elementary17.9 mi · 370
- Village Elem18.3 mi · 401
Frequently asked questions
About Chase County Junior Senior High SchoolHow many students attend Chase County Junior Senior High School?
Chase County Junior Senior High School enrolls approximately 192 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Chase County Junior Senior High School serve?
Chase County Junior Senior High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Chase County Junior Senior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Chase County Junior Senior High School is approximately 11.4:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Chase County Junior Senior High School?
Student demographics at Chase County Junior Senior High School are roughly 93% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Chase County Junior Senior High School?
Chase County Junior Senior High School is overseen by Chase County in Chase County.
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