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Enrollment
1,285
High
DISTRICT 912 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANSAS CITY·NCES 200795001423
J C Harmon High
2400 Steele Rd, Kansas City, KS 66106 · (913) 627-7050 · Wyandotte County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,285 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of Kansas public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
973 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 319 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 312 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 328 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 326 | 25% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 58% · US 70%
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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
10.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
2.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 2 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 10.4% | 2.3% |
| 2023-24 | 4.9% | 0.3% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
4.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 4% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 26% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 J C Harmon High
J C Harmon High's state test result (4.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J C Harmon High this school | 1,285 | 75.7% | 4.3% |
| Wyandotte High Kansas City | 1,903 | 85.2% | 4.3% |
| Turner High Kansas City | 1,147 | 76.3% | 11.7% |
| Highland Park High Topeka | 835 | 80.5% | 8.3% |
| North High Wichita | 2,041 | 86.2% | 13.7% |
| Garden City High School Garden City | 1,946 | 69.9% | 14.9% |
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 J C Harmon High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Wyandotte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 4.3% | #261 of 262 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 2.3% | #261 of 262 | #8 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.4% | #260 of 262 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,285 | #38 of 332 | #2 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #169 of 172 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.3% | #54 of 172 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.7% | #14 of 263 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #62 of 100 | N/A |
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 2024-25Enrollment
1,285
-123 (-9%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 1,107
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 17.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,285 | 71.5 | 18.0:1 | 76% (973) |
| 2023-24 | 1,282 | 66.6 | 19.3:1 | 64% (820) |
| 2022-23 | 1,330 | 72.3 | 18.4:1 | 79% (1,047) |
| 2020-21 | 1,408 | 83 | 17.0:1 | 89% (1,254) |
| 2017-18 | 1,368 | 105.1 | 13.0:1 | 91% (1,245) |
| 2015-16 | 1,254 | 85 | 14.8:1 | 86% (1,084) |
| 2010-11 | 1,160 | 70 | 16.6:1 | 92% (1,072) |
| 2000-01 | 1,214 | 70 | 17.3:1 | 70% (844) |
| 1990-91 | 1,107 | 56 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J C Harmon High.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (1,368 to 1,285); teachers down 32% (105.1 to 71.5).
About J C Harmon High
J C Harmon High, a large high school, is located in Kansas City, Kansas. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 1,285 students. The school's enrollment is 213% bigger than the 410 average for high schools in Kansas.
Within Kansas City, J C Harmon High is one of 43 schools. The district enrolls 21,538 students.
J C Harmon High is 69% Hispanic by enrollment. Smaller groups are 17% Black, 9% White, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 34% of Wyandotte County residents are Hispanic. J C Harmon High's diversity index is 48%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 18.0:1, with 71.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is higher than the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas. Lunch subsidy eligibility at J C Harmon High is 76%. That tracks the 75% average for public schools in Wyandotte County.
Measured against Kansas public high schools, J C Harmon High receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 4.3%, is 21.6 points below the 25.9% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Kansas schools.
Wyandotte County has about 167,654 residents, and the median household income is $63,631, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. In all, Wyandotte County has 62 public schools and roughly 30,713 students.
The closest public school to J C Harmon High is Silver City Elem, about 0.3 miles away. J C Harmon High is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 21.1%, higher than J C Harmon High's 4.3%.
Federal data place J C Harmon High in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school enrolled 1,285 students in 2024-25, 123 fewer than the 1,408 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 17.0:1 to 18.0:1.
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Wyandotte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
167,654
Census ACS
Median income
$63,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
62
30,713 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kansas City
- Wyandotte HighHigh · 1,903 students
- Silver City ElemElementary · 1,495 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Sumner Academy of Arts & ScienceHigh · 1,045 students
- F L Schlagle HighHigh · 841 students
- Carl B. Bruce Middle SchoolMiddle · 821 students
Other schools in Kansas City
- Wyandotte HighHigh · 1,903 students
- Silver City ElemElementary · 1,495 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Turner HighHigh · 1,147 students
- Sumner Academy of Arts & ScienceHigh · 1,045 students
- Piper HighHigh · 913 students
Nearby schools
- Silver City Elem0.3 mi · 1,495
- Argentine Middle0.5 mi · 519
- Noble Prentis Elem0.7 mi · 193
- Emerson Elem0.8 mi · 171
- Beyond the Bell0.8 mi · 13
- New Stanley Elem1.0 mi · 251
Frequently asked questions
About J C Harmon HighHow many students attend J C Harmon High?
J C Harmon High enrolls approximately 1,285 students in grades 09-12.
Is J C Harmon High an elementary, middle, or high school?
J C Harmon High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at J C Harmon High?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at J C Harmon High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at J C Harmon High?
At J C Harmon High, the student body is approximately 9% White, 69% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is J C Harmon High in?
J C Harmon High is part of Kansas City.
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