Enrollment
86
High
DISTRICT 113 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DIGHTON·NCES 200555001296
Dighton High
200 S Wichita, Dighton, KS 67839 · (620) 397-5333 · Lane County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL86 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% 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.
- ABeats 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
7.5:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.1:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
37 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 18 | 21% |
| Grade 8 | 15 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 10 | 12% |
| Grade 10 | 12 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 18 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 13 | 15% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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 Dighton. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
53.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
42.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 | 53.2% | 42.5% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 28.3% |
% 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
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Dighton High
Dighton High's state test result (43.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dighton High this school | 86 | 43.0% | 43.6% |
| La Crosse High La Crosse | 87 | 46.0% | 25.9% |
| Crest High Colony | 78 | 46.2% | 27.2% |
| Northern Heights Allen | 102 | 42.2% | 38.8% |
| McLouth High McLouth | 125 | 42.4% | 16.2% |
| 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 Dighton High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 86 | #272 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
86
-8 (-9%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 117
Student : Teacher
7.5:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 86 | 11.4 | 7.5:1 | 43% (37) |
| 2023-24 | 91 | 8.7 | 10.5:1 | 40% (36) |
| 2022-23 | 95 | 10.5 | 9.1:1 | 42% (40) |
| 2020-21 | 94 | 9 | 10.4:1 | 45% (42) |
| 2017-18 | 110 | 12.1 | 9.1:1 | 44% (48) |
| 2015-16 | 98 | 12 | 8.2:1 | 39% (38) |
| 2010-11 | 102 | 10 | 10.2:1 | 37% (38) |
| 2000-01 | 105 | 11 | 9.6:1 | 17% (18) |
| 1990-91 | 117 | 12 | 9.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dighton High.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (110 to 86); teachers down 5% (12.1 to 11.4).
About Dighton High
Dighton High is a very small high school with its address in Dighton, Kansas. The school covers grades 7 through 12 and reported 86 students in 2024-25. Across high schools in Kansas, the average enrollment is about 410.
The 2 schools of Dighton, including Dighton High, enroll 225 students.
White students are 92% of those enrolled at Dighton High. Next come 8% Hispanic. That is in line with Lane County, where about 92% of residents are White. A diversity index of 15% means there is a 15% chance two randomly chosen students at Dighton High are from different groups.
Dighton High has 11.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.5:1. The gap from the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas is 4.4 students per teacher. At Dighton High, 43% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Dighton High holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 93% of Kansas public high schools.
A school with Dighton High's lunch-eligibility share in Kansas is predicted to score 41.6%. Dighton High scores 43.6%, 2.0 points above that line.
Lane County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $54,526, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Lane County's 4 public schools enroll about 227 students and include Dighton High.
Dighton Elem is the nearest public school to Dighton High, about 0.3 miles away. Nearby schools with test data average 39.9% proficiency; Dighton High posts 43.6%.
Its location is classified as Rural: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment was 86 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 94. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 10.4:1 to 7.5:1.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Dighton High. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Lane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,461
Census ACS
Median income
$54,526
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
227 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Dighton Elem0.3 mi · 139
- Healy Elem11.9 mi · 2
- Scott City Lower Elem23.9 mi · 230
- Scott City High24.1 mi · 302
- Scott Community Learning Center24.1 mi · 4
- Scott City Middle24.7 mi · 409
Frequently asked questions
About Dighton HighHow many students attend Dighton High?
Dighton High enrolls approximately 86 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Dighton High serve?
Dighton High serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dighton High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dighton High is approximately 7.5:1 (11 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dighton High?
At Dighton High, the student body is approximately 92% White, 8% Hispanic.
Who oversees Dighton High?
Dighton High is overseen by Dighton in Lane County.
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