Fort Scott Sr High

As an average-sized secondary school in Fort Scott, Kansas, Fort Scott Sr High teaches 578 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Fort Scott. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 410 students each, so Fort Scott Sr High sits 41% above that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in Fort Scott (1,731 students total), Fort Scott Sr High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Fort Scott Sr High records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). The remainder looks like 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black. Compared to Bourbon County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, Fort Scott Sr High has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. The state averages around 11.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Bourbon County's rate of about 57%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Fort Scott Sr High is in the bottom 10% of Kansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 39.6%; Fort Scott Sr High posts 23.9%, -15.7 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, Bourbon County reports that median household income runs about $59,238, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Bourbon County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,172 students), of which Fort Scott Sr High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Winfield Scott Elem, around 0.4 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Fort Scott Sr High comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 44.3%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fort Scott Sr High has remained close to its prior level, going from 579 students in 2018 to 578 in 2025.

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