Holton High

As a small high school in Holton, Kansas, Holton High caters to 335 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Holton.

Within Holton, which oversees 4 schools and 1,067 students, Holton High is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Holton High lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%). Beyond that, the school reports 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Holton High reports 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. The state averages around 11.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Holton High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.9%, the actual is 37.3%, a residual of -7.6 points.

In the area at large, Jackson County reports that median household earnings sit near $75,215, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Holton High is one of 9 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 2,426 students).

The closest other public school is Holton Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Holton High comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.9%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Holton High's enrollment has increased 11% since 2018, when it stood at 301 (now 335). White enrollment moved from 85% to 80% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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