Ellinwood High

Ellinwood High is a secondary school of one-room-style scale in Ellinwood, Kansas, part of Ellinwood Public Schools, educateing 146 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 64% leaner than the state mean of about 410.

Across the 3 schools in Ellinwood Public Schools (420 students total), Ellinwood High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Ellinwood High lists that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Ellinwood High lists 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.2:1. The state averages about 11.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Barton County (around 62%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Ellinwood High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 43.2%; this one comes in at 23.6%, -19.6 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Barton County) shows that median household income runs about $58,851, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Ellinwood High is one of 15 public schools in Barton County (combined enrollment of about 4,179 students).

Ellinwood Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ellinwood High at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 28.4%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 143 students in 2018 compared to 146 in 2025.

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