Halstead High

Halstead High is a secondary school of cozy scale in Halstead, Kansas, operated by Halstead, teacheing 240 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 410 students per school, that is 41% smaller than typical.

Across the 3 schools in Halstead (786 students total), Halstead High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Halstead High lists that nearly all students (83%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 13% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Halstead High has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. The state averages around 11.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 39% of students at Halstead High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Harvey County's rate of about 52%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Halstead High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.5%; this one delivers 29.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Harvey County) logs that median household earnings sit near $74,368, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Harvey County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,012 students), of which Halstead High is one.

The closest other public school is Halstead Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Halstead High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 31.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Halstead High has ticked down 4%, going from 250 students in 2018 to 240 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 5% to 13%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Halstead High community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.