Enrollment
78
High
DISTRICT 132 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CREST·NCES 200804001275
Crest High
603 E. Broad, Colony, KS 66015 · (620) 852-3521 · Anderson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL78 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Kansas public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
10.8:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
36 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 20 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 14 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 24 | 31% |
| Grade 12 | 20 | 26% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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 Crest. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
35.7%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
35.7%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 | 35.7% | 35.7% |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 37.5% |
% 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
27.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.1%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Crest High
Crest High's state test result (27.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crest High this school | 78 | 46.2% | 27.2% |
| La Crosse High La Crosse | 87 | 46.0% | 25.9% |
| Udall High Udall | 112 | 46.4% | 30.5% |
| Dighton High Dighton | 86 | 43.0% | 43.6% |
| St. Paul High School St. Paul | 56 | 48.2% | 31.9% |
| South Central High School Coldwater | 88 | 46.6% | 23.5% |
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 Crest High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 78 | #282 of 332 |
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
78
+1 (+1%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 88
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 78 | 7.2 | 10.8:1 | 46% (36) |
| 2023-24 | 77 | 5.3 | 14.7:1 | 48% (37) |
| 2022-23 | 86 | 5.3 | 16.4:1 | 44% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 77 | 5 | 15.4:1 | 40% (31) |
| 2017-18 | 64 | 5.9 | 10.9:1 | 47% (30) |
| 2015-16 | 55 | 6 | 9.2:1 | 40% (22) |
| 2010-11 | 73 | 7 | 10.4:1 | 47% (34) |
| 2000-01 | 98 | 8 | 12.3:1 | 40% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 88 | 9 | 9.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crest High.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (64 to 78); teachers up 23% (5.9 to 7.2).
About Crest High
Crest High is a high school in Colony, Kansas, reachable at (620) 852-3521. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 78 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Kansas is about 410 students, so this school is 81% smaller than average.
Crest oversees Crest High and 1 other school, with 263 students in total.
Crest High's enrollment is 92% White. It is also 5% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. For comparison, Anderson County is about 92% White. Crest High's diversity index is 14%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 7.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Crest High and a ratio of 10.8:1. This ratio sits 1.1 below the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 46% of students. The gap from the 56% average for public schools in Anderson County is 10 points.
allk12 grades Crest High a B-. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Crest High's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (27.2%) and its predicted rate (40.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools.
Anderson County census figures show that the median household income is $70,614, roughly 14% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 6 public schools in Anderson County, enrolling about 1,188 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, Crest Elementary is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Crest High ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 77 to 78. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.4:1 in 2020-21, and 10.8:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Anderson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,834
Census ACS
Median income
$70,614
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,188 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Crest High schools
One other US public school is named Crest High. Crest High is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Crest HighShelby, NC · 1,098 students
Nearby schools
- Crest Elementary0.0 mi · 185
- Iola Elementary School10.3 mi · 619
- Iola Sr High10.5 mi · 296
- Iola High School Virtual10.5 mi · 22
- Iola Middle School10.5 mi · 238
- Westphalia10.6 mi · 53
Frequently asked questions
About Crest HighWhat is the total enrollment at Crest High?
Crest High enrolls approximately 78 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Crest High serve?
Crest High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Crest High?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at Crest High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Crest High?
At Crest High, the student body is approximately 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
What district is Crest High in?
Crest High is part of Crest.
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