Council Grove Junior Senior High School

Located at 129 Hockaday St., in Council Grove, Kansas, Council Grove Junior Senior High School is a mid-tier high school that hosts 368 students (grades 7 through 12), run under Morris County.

Within Morris County, which oversees 3 schools and 762 students, Council Grove Junior Senior High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Council Grove Junior Senior High School records that nearly all students (88%) are White; the rest looks like 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Council Grove Junior Senior High School records 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. The state averages about 11.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Council Grove Junior Senior High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.7%; this one delivers 38.9%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Morris County) shows that median household income runs about $58,686, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Morris County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 876 students), of which Council Grove Junior Senior High School is one.

The closest other public school is Council Grove Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Council Grove Junior Senior High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.5%.

Council Grove Junior Senior High School operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 11%: 332 students in 2018 compared to 368 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.