Goddard High

Goddard High is one of the high-enrollment 9-12 campuss in Goddard, Kansas, run under Goddard, with 962 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 135% larger than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 410 students.

Goddard High is one of 12 schools operated by Goddard, a district that caters to 6,344 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Goddard High reports that White students make up the majority at 72%. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sedgwick County (around 63%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Goddard High is in the bottom 10% of Kansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 46.0%; Goddard High posts 22.3%, -23.7 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Sedgwick County put the typical household earns roughly $69,365 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Goddard High is one of 160 public schools in Sedgwick County (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students).

Nearest neighbor: USD 265 - Goddard Virtual School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Goddard High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Goddard High at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.5%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Goddard High has increased 15%, going from 838 students in 2018 to 962 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 9% to 17% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 today.

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