Hill City Junior-Senior High

Hill City Junior-Senior High is a compact 9-12 campus in Hill City, Kansas, overseen by Graham County. The school works with 171 students in grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 410 students per school, that is 58% below typical.

Within Graham County, which oversees 2 schools and 383 students, Hill City Junior-Senior High is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hill City Junior-Senior High reports that nearly all students (88%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. Compared to Graham County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Graham County (around 57%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hill City Junior-Senior High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.6%, the actual is 26.3%, a residual of -14.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, Graham County reports that median household earnings sit near $50,650, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Graham County runs 2 public schools (combined enrollment of about 383 students), of which Hill City Junior-Senior High is one.

The closest other public school is Hill City Elem, roughly 0.5 miles away. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hill City Junior-Senior High ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 37.1%.

Hill City Junior-Senior High operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hill City Junior-Senior High has rose 3%, going from 166 students in 2018 to 171 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Hill City Junior-Senior High community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.