Ingalls High School/Junior High

Ingalls High School/Junior High operates as a very small senior high in Ingalls, Kansas, one of the schools within Ingalls. Current enrollment sits at 114 students spanning grades 6 through 12. That puts it 72% smaller than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 410 students.

Ingalls runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 225 students. Ingalls High School/Junior High is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Ingalls High School/Junior High records that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 19% Hispanic, 4% Black. By comparison, Gray County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Ingalls High School/Junior High tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 37% of students at Ingalls High School/Junior High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Ingalls High School/Junior High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.1%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Gray County) shows that median household earnings sit near $79,122, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Ingalls High School/Junior High is one of 9 public schools in Gray County (combined enrollment of about 1,002 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ingalls Elem, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Ingalls High School/Junior High comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 37.4%.

Ingalls High School/Junior High operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ingalls High School/Junior High has contracted 15%, going from 134 students in 2018 to 114 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

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