Cheney High

As an intimate high school in Cheney, Kansas, Cheney High hosts 235 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Cheney. That puts it 43% leaner than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 410 students.

Cheney comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 823 students; Cheney High is among them.

Looking at the student body, Cheney High shows that nearly all students (90%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Sedgwick County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Cheney High has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Cheney High tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Sedgwick County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cheney High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Sedgwick County put median household earnings sit near $69,365, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Cheney High is one of 160 public schools in Sedgwick County (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students).

The closest other public school is Cheney Middle School 6-8, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Cheney High comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 4%: 245 students in 2018 compared to 235 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

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