Enrollment
204
High
DISTRICT 221 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELL-SALINE·NCES 200580000527
Ell-Saline Middle/High School
414 E Anderson, Brookville, KS 67425 · (785) 914-5600 · Saline County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL204 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Kansas public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.8:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
95 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 30 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 32 | 16% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
41.7%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
37.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 | 41.7% | 37.5% |
| 2023-24 | 19.8% | 22.6% |
% 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Ell-Saline Middle/High School
Ell-Saline Middle/High School's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ell-Saline Middle/High School this school | 204 | 46.6% | 31.3% |
| Bluestem Jr/Sr High Leon | 241 | 47.7% | 27.7% |
| Larned Sr High Larned | 234 | 45.3% | 27.0% |
| Hoisington High Hoisington | 225 | 47.1% | 17.6% |
| Humboldt High School Humboldt | 176 | 49.4% | 23.7% |
| Belle Plaine High Belle Plaine | 181 | 47.5% | 29.7% |
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 Ell-Saline Middle/High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #106 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #108 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #99 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 204 | #171 of 332 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #80 of 172 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.6% | #101 of 172 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.6% | #115 of 263 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #81 of 100 |
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
204
-21 (-9%) vs 2020
+71% since 1990-91, when it was 119
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 204 | 15.9 | 12.8:1 | 47% (95) |
| 2023-24 | 197 | 14.6 | 13.5:1 | 41% (81) |
| 2022-23 | 193 | 14.4 | 13.4:1 | 42% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 225 | 15 | 15.0:1 | 28% (62) |
| 2017-18 | 210 | 16.3 | 12.9:1 | 31% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 217 | 18 | 12.1:1 | 27% (59) |
| 2010-11 | 226 | 18 | 12.6:1 | 37% (83) |
| 2000-01 | 135 | 14 | 9.6:1 | 20% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 119 | 10 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ell-Saline Middle/High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (210 to 204); teachers down 3% (16.3 to 15.9).
About Ell-Saline Middle/High School
Ell-Saline Middle/High School serves students in Brookville, Kansas, as a low-enrollment high school. It reported 204 students in grades 7 through 12 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 410 students for high schools in Kansas.
Ell-Saline enrolls 441 students, and its 2 schools include Ell-Saline Middle/High School.
A large majority of enrollment at Ell-Saline Middle/High School is White, at 82%. After that, the student body is 12% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Among Saline County residents, the White share is about 82%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 31%.
Teacher count: 15.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.8:1. Compared with the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 47%. Among public schools in Saline County, the average eligibility rate is 58%.
Ell-Saline Middle/High School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 64% of Kansas public high schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Ell-Saline Middle/High School, the prediction is 39.9% and the result is 31.3%.
In Saline County, home to about 53,668 people, median household income comes to about $65,422, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Saline County's 17 public schools enroll about 7,580 students and include Ell-Saline Middle/High School.
The closest school to Ell-Saline Middle/High School is Ell-Saline Elementary, located about 12.3 miles away. Ell-Saline Middle/High School ranks 5th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 31.3% against a local average of 32.2%.
The NCES locale for Ell-Saline Middle/High School is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 9%. By 2024-25, the school had 12.8 students per teacher, compared with 15.0 in 2020-21.
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Saline County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
53,668
Census ACS
Median income
$65,422
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
7,580 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Ell-Saline Elementary12.3 mi · 237
- Schilling Elem12.8 mi · 376
- Sunset Elem12.8 mi · 380
- Salina South Middle13.7 mi · 782
- Cottonwood Elementary School13.8 mi · 326
- Coronado Elem13.8 mi · 389
Frequently asked questions
About Ell-Saline Middle/High SchoolHow many students attend Ell-Saline Middle/High School?
Ell-Saline Middle/High School enrolls approximately 204 students in grades 07-12.
Is Ell-Saline Middle/High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ell-Saline Middle/High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at Ell-Saline Middle/High School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Ell-Saline Middle/High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ell-Saline Middle/High School?
At Ell-Saline Middle/High School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 12% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Ell-Saline Middle/High School?
Ell-Saline Middle/High School is overseen by Ell-Saline in Saline County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.