El Dorado High

El Dorado High is a secondary school of average-sized scale in El Dorado, Kansas, operated by El Dorado, teacheing 543 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 410 students per school, that is 32% above typical.

Across the 6 schools in El Dorado (1,756 students total), El Dorado High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, El Dorado High records that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Butler County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting El Dorado High higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 62% of students at El Dorado High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Butler County (around 37%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, El Dorado High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 32.3%; this one comes in at 15.8%, -16.5 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, census data for Butler County shows median household earnings sit near $81,610, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Butler County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,052 students), of which El Dorado High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Grandview Elem, around 0.5 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), El Dorado High ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 30.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at El Dorado High has changed only slightly, going from 548 students in 2018 to 543 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 76% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the El Dorado High community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.