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Enrollment
543
High
DISTRICT 293 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL DORADO·NCES 200573001333
El Dorado High
401 McCollum Road, El Dorado, KS 67042 · (316) 322-4810 · Butler County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL543 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Kansas public high schools
- DTest 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
14.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
339 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 | 149 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 153 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 115 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 126 | 23% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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 El Dorado. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
24.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
28.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 | 24.5% | 28.1% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 11.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
15.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% 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 El Dorado High
El Dorado High's state test result (15.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Dorado High this school | 543 | 62.4% | 15.8% |
| Chaparral Jr/Sr High Anthony | 348 | 58.9% | 27.8% |
| Independence Sr High Independence | 550 | 66.2% | 37.7% |
| Labette County High School Altamont | 483 | 58.0% | 23.8% |
| Baxter Springs High Baxter Springs | 361 | 57.3% | 42.9% |
| Cherryvale Sr / Middle School Cherryvale | 277 | 66.1% | 27.8% |
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 El Dorado High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Butler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.8% | #242 of 262 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #181 of 262 | #7 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #234 of 262 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 543 | #82 of 332 | #6 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #117 of 172 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.8% | #78 of 172 | #4 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.4% | #39 of 263 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #92 of 100 | N/A |
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
543
+40 (+8%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 580
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 543 | 37.7 | 14.4:1 | 62% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 508 | 20.3 | 25.0:1 | 57% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 494 | 33 | 15.0:1 | 51% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 503 | 38 | 13.2:1 | 49% (245) |
| 2017-18 | 548 | 35.4 | 15.5:1 | 45% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 583 | 46 | 12.7:1 | 50% (292) |
| 2010-11 | 576 | 40 | 14.4:1 | 47% (270) |
| 2000-01 | 600 | 46 | 13.0:1 | 25% (149) |
| 1990-91 | 580 | 40 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for El Dorado High.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (548 to 543); teachers up 6% (35.4 to 37.7).
About El Dorado High
El Dorado High is a mid-sized high school that serves part of El Dorado, Kansas. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 543 students. High schools in Kansas have about 410 students on average; enrollment here is 32% higher.
El Dorado has 1,756 students in 6 schools, and El Dorado High is one of those schools.
The share of White students at El Dorado High is 76%, a majority. It is also 12% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Butler County is roughly 87% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, El Dorado High scores 40%.
On staff are 37.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.4:1. High schools in Kansas average 11.9:1, 2.5 fewer students per teacher than here. El Dorado High has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 62%. On average, public schools in Butler County report 37%.
Among Kansas public high schools, El Dorado High outscored 8%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Kansas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, El Dorado High scores 16.5 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 15.8%; the prediction is 32.3%.
The county, Butler County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $81,610, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 42 public schools and about 18,052 students.
Grandview Elem sits about 0.5 miles from El Dorado High. Around the school, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, El Dorado High ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Distant, meaning it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school's student count increased 8% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The number of students per teacher increased from 13.2 to 14.4 over 4 years.
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Butler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
68,287
Census ACS
Median income
$81,610
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
18,052 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in El Dorado
- El Dorado MiddleMiddle · 370 students
- Blackmore ElementaryElementary · 303 students
- Skelly Elementary SchoolElementary · 266 students
- Grandview ElemElementary · 252 students
- El Dorado Virtual SchoolCombined · 22 students
Other schools in El Dorado
- El Dorado MiddleMiddle · 370 students
- Blackmore ElementaryElementary · 303 students
- Circle Oil Hill ElementaryElementary · 274 students
- Skelly Elementary SchoolElementary · 266 students
- Grandview ElemElementary · 252 students
- El Dorado Virtual SchoolCombined · 22 students
Other El Dorado High schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named El Dorado High. El Dorado High is the 5th largest of the 5.
- El Dorado High SchoolEL PASO, TX · 2,109 students
- El Dorado HighPlacentia, CA · 1,998 students
- EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOLEL DORADO, AR · 1,235 students
- El Dorado HighPlacerville, CA · 1,135 students
Nearby schools
- Grandview Elem0.5 mi · 252
- El Dorado Middle0.7 mi · 370
- Blackmore Elementary1.9 mi · 303
- El Dorado Virtual School1.9 mi · 22
- Skelly Elementary School2.8 mi · 266
- Circle Oil Hill Elementary3.0 mi · 274
Frequently asked questions
About El Dorado HighWhat is the total enrollment at El Dorado High?
El Dorado High enrolls approximately 543 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does El Dorado High serve?
El Dorado High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at El Dorado High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at El Dorado High is approximately 14.4:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at El Dorado High?
At El Dorado High, the student body is approximately 76% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is El Dorado High public or private?
El Dorado High is a public K-12 school, overseen by El Dorado.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.