Humboldt High School

Humboldt High School operates as a tight-knit senior high in Humboldt, Kansas, one of the schools within Humboldt. Current enrollment sits at 176 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 57% below the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 410 students.

Across the 4 schools in Humboldt (1,013 students total), Humboldt High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Humboldt High School records that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Humboldt High School logs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Humboldt High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.7%.

Across the wider county, Allen County reports that median household earnings sit near $60,689, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Allen County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,464 students), of which Humboldt High School is one.

Humboldt Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Humboldt High School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 29.0%.

Humboldt High School operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Humboldt High School's enrollment has declined 35% since 2018, when it stood at 271 (now 176). The White share of enrollment shrank from 90% to 84% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.2:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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