Holcomb High

Holcomb High is a secondary school of cozy scale in Holcomb, Kansas, part of Holcomb, serveing 265 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 410 students per school, that is 35% below typical.

Across the 5 schools in Holcomb (907 students total), Holcomb High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Holcomb High lists that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 3% multiracial. By comparison, Finney County as a whole is about 50% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Finney County's rate of about 73%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Holcomb High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 36.5%; actual is 18.4%, a gap of -18.2 points.

In the area at large, Finney County reports that the typical household earns roughly $73,009 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Finney County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,939 students), of which Holcomb High is one.

Nearest neighbor: USD 363 Virtual Academy, around 0.0 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Holcomb High ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 28.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 266 students in 2018 compared to 265 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 35% to 2% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.