Enrollment
144
High
DISTRICT 188 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OBERLIN·NCES 201008000477
Decatur Community Jr/Sr High
605 E Commercial, Oberlin, KS 67749 · (785) 475-2231 · Decatur County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL144 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.
- 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
7.8:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.2:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
80 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 7 | 24 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 30 | 21% |
| Grade 9 | 23 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 24 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 19 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 24 | 17% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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 Oberlin. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
29.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
45.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 | 29.0% | 45.1% |
| 2023-24 | 21.3% | 21.5% |
% 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
25.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Decatur Community Jr/Sr High
Decatur Community Jr/Sr High's state test result (25.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decatur Community Jr/Sr High this school | 144 | 55.6% | 25.1% |
| Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School Mankato | 175 | 55.4% | 33.0% |
| St Francis High St Francis | 164 | 53.7% | 33.4% |
| Lincoln Jr/Sr High Lincoln | 181 | 58.0% | 41.3% |
| Pleasanton High Pleasanton | 162 | 58.0% | 14.0% |
| Washington County High School Washington | 163 | 58.3% | 24.6% |
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 Decatur Community Jr/Sr High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #171 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #64 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #209 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 144 | #221 of 332 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.6% | #64 of 263 |
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
144
+12 (+9%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 244
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
was 8.3:1
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 | 144 | 18.5 | 7.8:1 | 56% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 151 | 17.6 | 8.6:1 | 56% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 136 | 17 | 8.0:1 | 45% (61) |
| 2020-21 | 132 | 16 | 8.3:1 | 38% (50) |
| 2017-18 | 151 | 15.2 | 9.9:1 | 42% (63) |
| 2015-16 | 146 | N/A | N/A | 39% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 169 | 17 | 9.9:1 | 34% (57) |
| 2000-01 | 254 | 27 | 9.4:1 | 27% (69) |
| 1990-91 | 244 | 23 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Decatur Community Jr/Sr High.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (151 to 144); teachers up 22% (15.2 to 18.5).
About Decatur Community Jr/Sr High
Decatur Community Jr/Sr High serves students in Oberlin, Kansas, as a very small high school. It enrolls 144 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 7 through 12. That puts enrollment 65% below the 410-student average for high schools in Kansas.
Oberlin operates 2 schools. Combined enrollment is 376 students.
At Decatur Community Jr/Sr High, 86% of students are White. Other students are 10% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 25%.
Staffing at Decatur Community Jr/Sr High comes to 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 7.8:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Kansas is 11.9:1. Decatur Community Jr/Sr High counts 56% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Decatur County is close, at 59%.
Among Kansas public high schools, Decatur Community Jr/Sr High outscored 45%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Decatur Community Jr/Sr High is 10.6 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Kansas schools.
In Decatur County, the median household earns about $53,870 a year, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Decatur County, 2 public schools serve about 376 students.
Of the public schools around it, Decatur Community Jr/Sr High is closest to Oberlin Elem, about 0.5 miles away. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 41.7%; Decatur Community Jr/Sr High's is 25.1%, ranking 7th of 8.
Under the NCES locale system, Decatur Community Jr/Sr High is Rural: Remote.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 9%, from 132 to 144.
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Decatur County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,726
Census ACS
Median income
$53,870
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2
376 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Oberlin Elem0.5 mi · 232
- Golden Plains Elem19.6 mi · 71
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL27.1 mi · 181
- MC COOK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL27.1 mi · 448
- Golden Plains Middle27.1 mi · 32
- Golden Plains High27.1 mi · 55
Frequently asked questions
About Decatur Community Jr/Sr HighWhat is the total enrollment at Decatur Community Jr/Sr High?
Decatur Community Jr/Sr High enrolls approximately 144 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Decatur Community Jr/Sr High serve?
Decatur Community Jr/Sr High serves grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Decatur Community Jr/Sr High have?
Decatur Community Jr/Sr High employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Decatur Community Jr/Sr High?
Student demographics at Decatur Community Jr/Sr High are roughly 86% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
What district is Decatur Community Jr/Sr High in?
Decatur Community Jr/Sr High is part of Oberlin.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.