Great Bend High School

Great Bend High School is one of the expansive 9-12 campuss in Great Bend, Kansas, one of the schools within Great Bend, with 923 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 125% bigger than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 410 students.

Within Great Bend, which oversees 7 schools and 2,876 students, Great Bend High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Great Bend High School reports that 60% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 36% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Great Bend High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.6%, the actual is 23.3%, a residual of -9.3 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Barton County shows the typical household earns roughly $58,851 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Great Bend High School is one of 15 public schools in Barton County (combined enrollment of about 4,179 students).

Nearest neighbor: Park Elem, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Great Bend High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Great Bend High School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 35.1%.

Great Bend High School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Great Bend High School has grew 4%, going from 885 students in 2018 to 923 in 2025.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.