Hesston High

Hesston High is one of the compact four-year high schools in Hesston, Kansas, one of the schools within Hesston, with 274 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 33% smaller than the state mean of about 410.

Hesston runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 853 students. Hesston High is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Hesston High records that nearly all students (88%) are White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. The state averages about 11.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 24% of students at Hesston High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Harvey County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hesston High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.9%; actual is 34.8%, a gap of -16.1 points.

Around the school, Harvey County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,368, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Harvey County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,012 students), Hesston High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hesston Middle, around 0.2 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hesston High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 37.9%.

Hesston High operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hesston High has rose 5%, going from 262 students in 2018 to 274 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 88% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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