Hoisington High

Located at 218 East 7th St., in Hoisington, Kansas, Hoisington High is a tight-knit four-year high school that teaches 225 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Hoisington. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 410 students each, so Hoisington High sits 45% smaller than that benchmark.

Hoisington runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 731 students. Hoisington High is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Hoisington High records that nearly all students (86%) are White. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Hoisington High has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Barton County (around 62%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hoisington High is in the bottom 10% of Kansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 39.6%; Hoisington High posts 17.6%, -22.1 points below that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Barton County indicate median household income runs about $58,851, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Barton County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,179 students), Hoisington High is one campus in the mix.

Lincoln Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hoisington High comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.0%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 221 students in 2018 compared to 225 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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