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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
35.7%
KS avg 38.8% . -1.8pp since 2023
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. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
78
+14 (+22%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 10.9:1
% White
92%
was 91%
% Hispanic
3%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Crest High
Crest High operates as an one-room-style four-year high school in Colony, Kansas, one of the schools within Crest. Current enrollment sits at 78 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 410 students each, so Crest High sits 81% smaller than that benchmark.
Crest High is one of 2 schools operated by Crest, a district that caters to 263 students overall.
Demographically, Crest High lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Anderson County as a whole.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 46% of students at Crest High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Anderson County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Crest High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.1%; this one delivers 27.2%.
Across the wider county, Anderson County reports that median household income runs about $70,614, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Crest High is one of 6 public schools in Anderson County (combined enrollment of about 1,188 students).
Crest Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, Crest High comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 32.1%.
Crest High operates from a small-town location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 22%: 64 students in 2018 compared to 78 in 2025.
On this page, the feed for Crest High typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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
Nearby schools
- Crest Elementary0.0 mi · 185
- Iola Elementary School10.3 mi · 619
- Iola High School Virtual10.5 mi · 22
- Iola Sr High10.5 mi · 296
- 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.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.