Enrollment
171
High
DISTRICT 192 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAHAM COUNTY·NCES 200726001954
Hill City Junior-Senior High
1 Ringneck Drive, Hill City, KS 67642 · (785) 421-2117 · Graham County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL171 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Kansas public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
8.9:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
77 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 7 | 30 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 25 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 33 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 30 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 31 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 22 | 13% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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 Graham County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
28.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
36.6%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 | 28.0% | 36.6% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 11.1% |
% 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
26.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Hill City Junior-Senior High
Hill City Junior-Senior High's state test result (26.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hill City Junior-Senior High this school | 171 | 45.0% | 26.3% |
| Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr Sylvan Grove | 144 | 45.1% | 24.7% |
| Norton High Norton | 181 | 45.9% | 25.4% |
| Kingman High Kingman | 198 | 43.9% | 27.9% |
| Erie High School Erie | 144 | 45.8% | 16.9% |
| Phillipsburg High Phillipsburg | 173 | 42.8% | 37.7% |
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 Hill City Junior-Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #157 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #117 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #214 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 171 | #198 of 332 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.0% | #125 of 263 |
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
171
-13 (-7%) vs 2020
+5% since 2010-11, when it was 163
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 171 | 19.1 | 8.9:1 | 45% (77) |
| 2023-24 | 177 | 13.8 | 12.8:1 | 43% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 196 | 13.8 | 14.2:1 | 44% (87) |
| 2020-21 | 184 | 14 | 13.1:1 | 50% (92) |
| 2017-18 | 166 | 16.7 | 9.9:1 | 45% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 164 | 16 | 10.3:1 | 44% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 163 | 15 | 10.9:1 | 46% (75) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hill City Junior-Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (166 to 171); teachers up 14% (16.7 to 19.1).
About Hill City Junior-Senior High
Hill City Junior-Senior High is a small high school with its address in Hill City, Kansas. The school had 171 students in grades 7 through 12 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (high schools in Kansas) has about 410 students.
Graham County is the local district for Hill City Junior-Senior High. It runs 2 schools with 383 students.
About 88% of the student body at Hill City Junior-Senior High is White. Smaller groups are 6% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 91% White, within a few points of the school. Hill City Junior-Senior High's diversity index is 21%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 19.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Hill City Junior-Senior High was 8.9:1. On average, high schools in Kansas have 11.9:1, compared with 8.9:1 here. Hill City Junior-Senior High's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 45%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Graham County is 57%.
Hill City Junior-Senior High is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 37% of Kansas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Hill City Junior-Senior High is 14.4 points below its prediction. Actual: 26.3%. Predicted: 40.6%.
Graham County has these Census figures: the median household income is $50,650, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and about 16% of people live in poverty. In all, Graham County has 2 public schools and roughly 383 students.
The nearest other public school, Hill City Elem, is about 0.5 miles away. Hill City Junior-Senior High places 8th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Remote. That means it sits in rural territory far from an urban area.
Hill City Junior-Senior High's enrollment declined from 184 in 2020-21 to 171 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 8.9:1, from 13.1:1.
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Graham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,389
Census ACS
Median income
$50,650
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2
383 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Hill City Elem0.5 mi · 212
- Damar Elementary School14.7 mi · 46
- Palco Jr. High17.5 mi · 12
- Palco High17.5 mi · 19
- Trego Grade School23.5 mi · 285
- Trego Community High23.8 mi · 113
Frequently asked questions
About Hill City Junior-Senior HighWhat is the total enrollment at Hill City Junior-Senior High?
Hill City Junior-Senior High enrolls approximately 171 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Hill City Junior-Senior High serve?
Hill City Junior-Senior High serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hill City Junior-Senior High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hill City Junior-Senior High is approximately 8.9:1 (19 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Hill City Junior-Senior High?
Hill City Junior-Senior High reports a student body of 88% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Hill City Junior-Senior High?
Hill City Junior-Senior High is overseen by Graham County in Graham County.
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