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Enrollment
923
High
DISTRICT 411 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREAT BEND·NCES 200666001036
Great Bend High School
2027 Morton, Great Bend, KS 67530 · (620) 793-1521 · Barton County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL923 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Kansas public high schools
- CTest 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
13.5:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
570 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 9 | 218 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 233 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 235 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 237 | 26% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Based on grade levels within Great Bend. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
33.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
26.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 | 33.5% | 26.3% |
| 2023-24 | 20.4% | 14.5% |
% 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
23.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Great Bend High School
Great Bend High School's state test result (23.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Bend High School this school | 923 | 61.8% | 23.3% |
| Hutchinson High School Hutchinson | 1,214 | 65.8% | 21.9% |
| Pittsburg High Pittsburg | 1,033 | 64.9% | 21.8% |
| Salina High Central Salina | 934 | 58.7% | 20.9% |
| Arkansas City High Arkansas City | 885 | 51.0% | 14.6% |
| Newton Sr High Newton | 932 | 51.7% | 18.5% |
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 Great Bend High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #193 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #197 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #175 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 923 | #59 of 332 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #92 of 172 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.5% | #44 of 172 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.8% | #43 of 263 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.3% | #59 of 75 |
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
923
+67 (+8%) vs 2020
+39% since 1990-91, when it was 662
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 923 | 68.2 | 13.5:1 | 62% (570) |
| 2023-24 | 954 | 65.4 | 14.6:1 | 64% (615) |
| 2022-23 | 913 | 65.2 | 14.0:1 | 58% (531) |
| 2020-21 | 856 | 70 | 12.2:1 | 61% (524) |
| 2017-18 | 885 | 68.5 | 12.9:1 | 61% (541) |
| 2015-16 | 892 | 72 | 12.4:1 | 64% (569) |
| 2010-11 | 968 | 61 | 15.9:1 | 52% (505) |
| 2000-01 | 1,048 | 75 | 14.0:1 | 29% (305) |
| 1990-91 | 662 | 47 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Great Bend High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (885 to 923); teachers unchanged (68.5 to 68.2).
About Great Bend High School
Great Bend High School is a high school located in Great Bend, Kansas, in Barton County. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 923 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Kansas is about 410 students, so this school is 125% above average.
Great Bend has 7 schools and 2,876 students, and Great Bend High School is one of those schools.
White students make up a majority at Great Bend High School, at 60%. The next largest groups are 36% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. In Barton County overall, about 81% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 51% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 68.2 full-time equivalents, or about 13.5 students per teacher. On average, high schools in Kansas have 11.9:1, compared with 13.5:1 here. About 62% of students, or 570, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 62% average for public schools in Barton County.
The allk12 Grade for Great Bend High School is C+. Compared with Kansas public high schools, the school scored higher than 39% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Great Bend High School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 23.3%, compared with a predicted 32.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Kansas schools on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in Barton County, the median household income is $58,851, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Barton County is home to 15 public schools and about 4,179 public school students.
The school nearest to Great Bend High School is Park Elem, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 6. On average proficiency, Great Bend High School is 6th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Remote.
Over 4 years, Great Bend High School's enrollment grew 8%, to 923. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.2:1 in 2020-21 to 13.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Barton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,097
Census ACS
Median income
$58,851
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
4,179 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Great Bend
- Great Bend Middle SchoolMiddle · 438 students
- Eisenhower ElemElementary · 343 students
- Park ElemElementary · 304 students
- Jefferson ElemElementary · 297 students
- Riley ElemElementary · 296 students
- Lincoln ElemElementary · 275 students
Other schools in Great Bend
- Great Bend Middle SchoolMiddle · 438 students
- Eisenhower ElemElementary · 343 students
- Park ElemElementary · 304 students
- Jefferson ElemElementary · 297 students
- Riley ElemElementary · 296 students
- Lincoln ElemElementary · 275 students
Nearby schools
- Park Elem0.2 mi · 304
- Jefferson Elem0.5 mi · 297
- Great Bend Middle School0.8 mi · 438
- Riley Elem1.0 mi · 296
- Eisenhower Elem1.2 mi · 343
- Lincoln Elem2.2 mi · 275
Frequently asked questions
About Great Bend High SchoolHow large is Great Bend High School?
Great Bend High School enrolls approximately 923 students in grades 09-12.
Is Great Bend High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Great Bend High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Great Bend High School have?
Great Bend High School employs 68 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Great Bend High School?
Student demographics at Great Bend High School are roughly 60% White, 36% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Great Bend High School in?
Great Bend High School is part of Great Bend.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.