Herington High

Herington High, a rural-scale high school in Herington, Kansas, operated by Herington, hosts 141 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 66% below the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 410 students.

Herington comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 414 students; Herington High is among them.

On demographics, Herington High reports that nearly all students (82%) are White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Dickinson County (around 49%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Herington High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.6%, the actual is 24.4%, a residual of -6.2 points.

Around the school, Dickinson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,417 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Dickinson County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,530 students), of which Herington High is one.

Herington Elem is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Herington High comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 38.1%.

Herington High operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Herington High has stayed largely flat, going from 142 students in 2018 to 141 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Herington High community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.