Eureka Jr/Sr High

As an intimate senior high in Eureka, Kansas, Eureka Jr/Sr High educates 234 students from grades 7 through 12, overseen by Eureka. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 410 students each, so Eureka Jr/Sr High sits 43% below that benchmark.

Eureka runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 543 students. Eureka Jr/Sr High is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Eureka Jr/Sr High lists that nearly all students (86%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Eureka Jr/Sr High has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Eureka Jr/Sr High tighter than the state norm the norm. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Eureka Jr/Sr High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.6%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Greenwood County) records that median household earnings sit near $60,042, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Greenwood County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 869 students), Eureka Jr/Sr High is one campus in the mix.

Marshall Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Eureka Jr/Sr High ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 16%: 280 students in 2018 compared to 234 in 2025.

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