Enrollment
225
High
DISTRICT 183 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOISINGTON·NCES 200732001047
Hoisington High
218 East 7th St., Hoisington, KS 67544 · (620) 653-2141 · Barton County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL225 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Kansas public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
11.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
106 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 9 | 70 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 65 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 37 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 53 | 24% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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 Hoisington. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
30.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
19.7%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 | 30.3% | 19.7% |
| 2023-24 | 15.8% | 18.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Hoisington High
Hoisington High's state test result (17.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoisington High this school | 225 | 47.1% | 17.6% |
| Bluestem Jr/Sr High Leon | 241 | 47.7% | 27.7% |
| Humboldt High School Humboldt | 176 | 49.4% | 23.7% |
| Ell-Saline Middle/High School Brookville | 204 | 46.6% | 31.3% |
| Santa Fe Trail High Carbondale | 308 | 46.1% | 17.1% |
| Jackson Heights High School and Middle School Holton | 229 | 45.9% | 25.6% |
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 Hoisington High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #235 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #226 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #199 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 225 | #159 of 332 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #41 of 172 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.8% | #125 of 172 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.1% | #114 of 263 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #67 of 75 |
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
225
+10 (+5%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 184
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 225 | 20.3 | 11.1:1 | 47% (106) |
| 2023-24 | 215 | 16.7 | 12.8:1 | 52% (111) |
| 2022-23 | 201 | 17.7 | 11.4:1 | 51% (102) |
| 2020-21 | 215 | 17 | 12.7:1 | 50% (107) |
| 2017-18 | 221 | 14.8 | 14.9:1 | 52% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 209 | 17 | 12.3:1 | 45% (95) |
| 2010-11 | 202 | 16 | 12.6:1 | 40% (80) |
| 2000-01 | 232 | 21 | 11.1:1 | 26% (61) |
| 1990-91 | 184 | 20 | 9.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hoisington High.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (221 to 225); teachers up 37% (14.8 to 20.3).
About Hoisington High
Hoisington High is a public small high school in Hoisington, Kansas. The school counts 225 students across grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 45% smaller than the 410 average for high schools in Kansas.
Hoisington has a total of 4 schools and 731 students, Hoisington High among them.
White students make up 86% of enrollment at Hoisington High. The next largest groups are 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 25% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Hoisington High employs 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 11.1:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas. Hoisington High's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 47%. Across public schools in Barton County, the average is 62%.
allk12 grades Hoisington High an F. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 17.6%, is 22.1 points below the 39.6% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Kansas schools.
In the county around the school, Barton County, the median household income is $58,851, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. In all, Barton County has 15 public schools and roughly 4,179 students.
Of nearby public schools, Lincoln Elementary is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of Hoisington High. Its average proficiency rate of 17.6% is below the 37.0% average for nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal data show a 5% enrollment gain, from 215 in 2020-21 to 225 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 11.1:1, from 12.7:1.
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Barton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,097
Census ACS
Median income
$58,851
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
4,179 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hoisington
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 193 students
- Hoisington MiddleMiddle · 158 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 155 students
Other schools in Hoisington
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 193 students
- Hoisington MiddleMiddle · 158 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 155 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elementary0.2 mi · 193
- Hoisington Middle0.3 mi · 158
- Roosevelt Elementary0.4 mi · 155
- Jefferson Elem9.9 mi · 297
- Great Bend Middle School10.2 mi · 438
- Great Bend High School10.3 mi · 923
Frequently asked questions
About Hoisington HighHow many students attend Hoisington High?
Hoisington High enrolls approximately 225 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Hoisington High serve?
Hoisington High serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Hoisington High?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at Hoisington High.
How diverse is Hoisington High?
Hoisington High reports a student body of 86% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Hoisington High?
Hoisington High is overseen by Hoisington in Barton County.
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