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Ingalls High School/Junior High

100 Bulldog Drive, Ingalls, KS 67853 · (620) 335-5135 · Gray County
GRADES 06–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL114 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% of Kansas public high schools
  • A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • A+Beats 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

Enrollment
114
High
DISTRICT 113 · STATE 410
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
42 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 61816%
Grade 71715%
Grade 81513%
Grade 91614%
Grade 101715%
Grade 111614%
Grade 121513%
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 58% · US 70%
White
8776%
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
2219%
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 23% · US 30%
Black
44%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 7% · US 15%
Two+
11%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
6254%
Female
5246%

School pathway

Feeds from
Ingalls ElemPK–05
Based on grade levels within Ingalls. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + Exceeding
English Language Arts
56.1%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
63.1%
KS avg 38.8%

What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.

KAP results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2556.1%63.1%
2023-2445.3%37.9%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 10%.

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 Ingalls High School/Junior High

Ingalls High School/Junior High's state test result (52.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Ingalls High School/Junior High this school11436.8%52.1%
Argonia High
Argonia
8436.9%27.0%
Ness City High
Ness City
12237.7%37.0%
St John High
St. John
14141.8%25.7%
Oxford Jr/Sr High
Oxford
19536.9%33.1%
Hodgeman County High
Jetmore
10933.9%34.7%
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 Ingalls High School/Junior High ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Kansas
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
52.1%#4 of 262
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
63.1%#8 of 262
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
56.1%#20 of 262
Enrollment
ranked largest first
114#248 of 332
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
36.8%#174 of 263
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 2024-25
Enrollment
114
-29 (-20%) vs 2020
+65% since 1990-91, when it was 69
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 14.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2511411.210.1:137% (42)
2023-2412010.211.8:137% (44)
2022-2312410.511.8:132% (40)
2020-211431014.3:134% (49)
2017-181341112.2:134% (45)
2015-161221210.2:141% (50)
2010-111271210.6:138% (48)
2000-011421310.9:121% (30)
1990-916979.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ingalls High School/Junior High.

Since 2017-18: students down 15% (134 to 114); teachers up 2% (11 to 11.2).

About Ingalls High School/Junior High

Ingalls High School/Junior High is a very small high school with its address in Ingalls, Kansas. The school counted 114 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 12. That is 72% below the average of about 410 students for high schools in Kansas.

Ingalls High School/Junior High is in Ingalls, a district with 225 students across 2 schools.

Federal enrollment data show Ingalls High School/Junior High is 76% White. Enrollment also includes 19% Hispanic and 4% Black. The school's White share is 13 points below the 90% share among Gray County residents. A diversity index of 38% means there is a 38% chance two randomly chosen students at Ingalls High School/Junior High are from different groups.

There are 11.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Ingalls High School/Junior High, giving a ratio of 10.1:1. High schools in Kansas have an average ratio of 11.9:1. By family income, 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

Ingalls High School/Junior High holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 99% of Kansas public high schools.

Ingalls High School/Junior High is 7.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (52.1% versus 44.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Kansas.

Looking at the county, Gray County, the median household earns about $79,122 a year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Gray County has 9 public schools with about 1,002 students, including Ingalls High School/Junior High.

Ingalls High School/Junior High's nearest public school is Ingalls Elem (less than a tenth of a mile). There are 3 more public schools inside ten miles. Ranked by average proficiency, Ingalls High School/Junior High places 3rd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.

The federal government classifies Ingalls High School/Junior High's location as Rural: Remote.

Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 114, compared with 143 in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.1:1.

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Gray County at a glance

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Population
5,701
Census ACS
Median income
$79,122
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,002 students

Quick facts

School name
Ingalls High School/Junior High
District
Ingalls
Address
100 Bulldog Drive, Ingalls, KS 67853
Phone
(620) 335-5135
County
Gray County
Level
High
Grade range
06–12
Total enrollment
114
Teachers (FTE)
11
Student–teacher ratio
10.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
42 (37%)
Locale
43-Rural: Remote
NCES ID
200768001273
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Ingalls High School/Junior High
How many students attend Ingalls High School/Junior High?
Ingalls High School/Junior High enrolls approximately 114 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Ingalls High School/Junior High serve?
Ingalls High School/Junior High serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ingalls High School/Junior High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ingalls High School/Junior High is approximately 10.1:1 (11 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ingalls High School/Junior High?
Student demographics at Ingalls High School/Junior High are roughly 76% White, 19% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Ingalls High School/Junior High in?
Ingalls High School/Junior High is part of Ingalls.
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