Junction City Sr High

As a well-populated four-year high school in Junction City, Kansas, Junction City Sr High serves 1,713 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Geary County Schools. That puts it 318% larger than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 410 students.

Geary County Schools runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 7,293 students. Junction City Sr High is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Junction City Sr High records that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 17% Black, 10% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 128 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Junction City Sr High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.5%, the actual is 25.0%, a residual of -11.5 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Geary County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $59,317 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Geary County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,880 students), of which Junction City Sr High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Junction City Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Junction City Sr High comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 44.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Junction City Sr High's enrollment has grew 9% since 2018, when it stood at 1,568 (now 1,713). Class-load math has loosened: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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