Enrollment
235
High
DISTRICT 274 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHENEY·NCES 200467000395
Cheney High
800 N Marshall, Cheney, KS 67025 · (316) 542-3113 · Sedgwick County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL235 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Kansas public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
9.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
49 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 9 | 58 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 61 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 58 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 58 | 25% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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 Cheney. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
60.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
76.7%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 | 60.0% | 76.7% |
| 2023-24 | 32.2% | 40.7% |
% 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Cheney High
Cheney High's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheney High this school | 235 | 20.9% | 44.0% |
| Riley County High School Riley | 232 | 20.7% | 36.1% |
| Nemaha Central High School Seneca | 242 | 19.8% | 37.8% |
| Hesston High Hesston | 274 | 23.7% | 34.8% |
| Silver Lake Jr-Sr High Silver Lake | 355 | 20.8% | 47.4% |
| Goessel High Goessel | 154 | 24.0% | 38.1% |
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 Cheney High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #21 of 262 | #1 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.7% | #1 of 262 | #1 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #15 of 262 | #1 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 235 | #152 of 332 | #19 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #14 of 172 | #1 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.9% | #150 of 172 | #18 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.9% | #246 of 263 | #19 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #68 of 100 | #3 of 7 |
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
235
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 176
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 235 | 24.4 | 9.6:1 | 21% (49) |
| 2023-24 | 236 | 21.8 | 10.8:1 | 25% (58) |
| 2022-23 | 246 | 23.9 | 10.3:1 | 26% (65) |
| 2020-21 | 241 | 22 | 10.9:1 | 22% (52) |
| 2017-18 | 245 | 20.3 | 12.1:1 | 24% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 224 | 21 | 10.7:1 | 27% (60) |
| 2010-11 | 265 | 16 | 16.6:1 | 26% (69) |
| 2000-01 | 232 | 15 | 15.5:1 | 17% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 176 | 13 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cheney High.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (245 to 235); teachers up 20% (20.3 to 24.4).
About Cheney High
Cheney High is a low-enrollment high school in Cheney, Kansas. Total enrollment is 235 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. By comparison, high schools in Kansas enroll about 410 students on average.
Cheney High falls under Cheney, which has 3 schools enrolling 823 students.
White students are 90% of those enrolled at Cheney High. Other reported shares: 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 69% White among all Sedgwick County residents. A diversity index of 19% means there is a 19% chance two randomly chosen students at Cheney High are from different groups.
The school lists 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1. Compared with the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas, this school's ratio is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 21% of the student body. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Sedgwick County is 63%.
On the allk12 Grade, Cheney High lands at A, ahead of 85% of Kansas public high schools.
In Kansas, Cheney High is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 44.0% actual against a predicted 52.2%.
For the population of Sedgwick County, median household income comes to about $69,365, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Sedgwick County's 160 public schools enroll about 84,569 students and include Cheney High.
Measured in a straight line, Cheney Middle School 6-8 is less than a tenth of a mile from Cheney High. Other public schools within five miles: 2. Cheney High comes in 7th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 241 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 235. Its ratio of students to teachers was 10.9:1 in 2020-21, and 9.6:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Cheney High lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Sedgwick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
528,226
Census ACS
Median income
$69,365
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
84,569 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cheney
- Cheney ElemElementary · 395 students
- Cheney Middle School 6-8Middle · 193 students
Other schools in Cheney
- Cheney ElemElementary · 395 students
- Cheney Middle School 6-8Middle · 193 students
Other Cheney High schools
One other US public school is named Cheney High. Cheney High is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Cheney High SchoolCHENEY, WA · 1,491 students
Nearby schools
- Cheney Middle School 6-80.0 mi · 193
- Cheney Elem0.2 mi · 395
- Garden Plain High5.8 mi · 174
- Garden Plain Elem5.9 mi · 445
- Clark Davidson Elem11.0 mi · 462
- Challenger Intermediate School11.1 mi · 454
Frequently asked questions
About Cheney HighWhat is the total enrollment at Cheney High?
Cheney High enrolls approximately 235 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Cheney High serve?
Cheney High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Cheney High?
Approximately 9.6:1 students per teacher at Cheney High.
How diverse is Cheney High?
Cheney High reports a student body of 90% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Cheney High?
Cheney High is overseen by Cheney in Sedgwick County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.