Enrollment
176
High
DISTRICT 194 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DONIPHAN WEST SCHOOLS·NCES 200034801941
Doniphan West JR/SR High School
402 E Main, Highland, KS 66035 · (785) 442-3286 · Doniphan County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL176 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% 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
13.3:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
68 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 30 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 39 | 22% |
| Grade 9 | 24 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 33 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 33 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 17 | 10% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
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KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
21.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
29.0%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 | 21.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.2% | 22.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.7%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Doniphan West JR/SR High School
Doniphan West JR/SR High School's state test result (26.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doniphan West JR/SR High School this school | 176 | 38.6% | 26.1% |
| Central Plains Jr. Sr. High School Claflin | 152 | 39.5% | 25.9% |
| Valley Heights Jr/Sr High Blue Rapids | 166 | 38.6% | 46.3% |
| Burlington High Burlington | 246 | 39.0% | 23.3% |
| Marion High Marion | 159 | 38.4% | 28.8% |
| Ellinwood High Ellinwood | 146 | 39.7% | 23.6% |
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 Doniphan West JR/SR High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #158 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #178 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #247 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 176 | #192 of 332 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.6% | #164 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
176
+45 (+34%) vs 2020
+36% since 2010-11, when it was 129
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 176 | 13.3 | 13.3:1 | 39% (68) |
| 2023-24 | 172 | 12.1 | 14.2:1 | 38% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 152 | 13.6 | 11.2:1 | 37% (56) |
| 2020-21 | 131 | 12 | 10.9:1 | 29% (38) |
| 2017-18 | 124 | 13.5 | 9.2:1 | 24% (30) |
| 2015-16 | 139 | 15 | 9.3:1 | 44% (61) |
| 2010-11 | 129 | 17 | 7.6:1 | 27% (35) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Doniphan West JR/SR High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 42% (124 to 176); teachers down 2% (13.5 to 13.3).
About Doniphan West JR/SR High School
This page covers Doniphan West JR/SR High School, a low-enrollment high school in Highland, Kansas. The school counted 176 students in 2024-25, covering grades 7 through 12. The school is 57% below the average for high schools in Kansas.
Doniphan West JR/SR High School belongs to Doniphan West Schools, a district of 2 schools and 387 students.
The share of White students at Doniphan West JR/SR High School is 87%. Enrollment also includes 5% multiracial, 4% Native American, and 3% Hispanic. In Doniphan County overall, the White share is about 90%. The diversity index for Doniphan West JR/SR High School is 24%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 13.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.3 students per teacher. High schools in Kansas have an average ratio of 11.9:1. The school reported 39% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
On the allk12 Grade, Doniphan West JR/SR High School lands at C, ahead of 29% of Kansas public high schools.
After accounting for student poverty, Doniphan West JR/SR High School is in the bottom 10% of Kansas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 26.1% is 17.6 points below the 43.7% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Census data for Doniphan County show the median household earns about $74,028 a year, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Doniphan County number 9, with about 1,340 students.
Doniphan West Elementary School sits about 8.3 miles from Doniphan West JR/SR High School. The school's 26.1% average proficiency ranks 8th among 8 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 34% gain, from 131 to 176. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 10.9:1 in 2020-21 to 13.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Doniphan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,503
Census ACS
Median income
$74,028
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,340 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Doniphan West Schools
- Doniphan West Elementary SchoolElementary · 211 students
Nearby schools
- Doniphan West Elementary School8.3 mi · 211
- Troy High and Middle School10.2 mi · 150
- Troy Elem10.4 mi · 165
- SOUTH HOLT ELEM.10.8 mi · 121
- SOUTH HOLT HIGH10.8 mi · 119
- Hiawatha Sr High13.9 mi · 264
Frequently asked questions
About Doniphan West JR/SR High SchoolHow many students attend Doniphan West JR/SR High School?
Doniphan West JR/SR High School enrolls approximately 176 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Doniphan West JR/SR High School serve?
Doniphan West JR/SR High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Doniphan West JR/SR High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Doniphan West JR/SR High School is approximately 13.3:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Doniphan West JR/SR High School?
Student demographics at Doniphan West JR/SR High School are roughly 87% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Doniphan West JR/SR High School public or private?
Doniphan West JR/SR High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Doniphan West Schools.
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