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Enrollment
1,713
High
DISTRICT 486 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GEARY COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 200789001267
Junction City Sr High
1100 Blue Jay Way, Junction City, KS 66441 · (785) 717-4200 · Geary County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,713 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of Kansas public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
13.4:1
128 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
919 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 51%
Community
6
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 | 416 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 467 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 402 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 428 | 25% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
School pathway
Based on grade levels within Geary County Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
32.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
30.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 | 32.3% | 30.4% |
| 2023-24 | 21.3% | 16.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
25.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Junction City Sr High
Junction City Sr High's state test result (25.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junction City Sr High this school | 1,713 | 53.6% | 25.0% |
| Shawnee Mission West High Overland Park | 1,599 | 55.8% | 25.1% |
| Northwest High Wichita | 1,424 | 61.7% | 25.0% |
| Topeka West High Topeka | 971 | 56.2% | 25.2% |
| Bonner Springs High Bonner Springs | 778 | 53.2% | 20.9% |
| Leavenworth Sr High Leavenworth | 1,237 | 44.6% | 27.8% |
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 Junction City Sr High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #172 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #160 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #184 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,713 | #18 of 332 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #91 of 172 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #7 of 172 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.6% | #75 of 263 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.2% | #37 of 75 |
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
1,713
+247 (+17%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 1,520
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 1,713 | 127.8 | 13.4:1 | 54% (919) |
| 2023-24 | 1,723 | 133 | 12.9:1 | 53% (913) |
| 2022-23 | 1,657 | 128 | 12.9:1 | 47% (773) |
| 2020-21 | 1,466 | 107 | 13.7:1 | 46% (679) |
| 2017-18 | 1,568 | 127.8 | 12.3:1 | 52% (823) |
| 2015-16 | 1,671 | 137 | 12.2:1 | 55% (920) |
| 2010-11 | 1,738 | 108 | 16.1:1 | 50% (873) |
| 2000-01 | 1,381 | 93 | 14.8:1 | 38% (519) |
| 1990-91 | 1,520 | 98 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Junction City Sr High.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (1,568 to 1,713); teachers unchanged (127.8 to 127.8).
About Junction City Sr High
Junction City Sr High is one of the public schools in Junction City, Kansas. It is a high-enrollment high school. The school teaches grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,713 students. That is 318% larger than the average of about 410 students for high schools in Kansas.
District-wide, Geary County Schools has 15 schools and 7,293 students.
White students account for 46% of enrollment at Junction City Sr High, more than any other group. Other groups make up 20% Hispanic, 17% Black, 10% multiracial, and 3% Pacific Islander. County-wide, 59% of Geary County residents are White. The diversity index for Junction City Sr High is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 127.8 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.4:1. Compared with the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 54%. The average for public schools in Geary County is similar, at 55%.
Junction City Sr High holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 40% of Kansas public high schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Junction City Sr High lands between the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 25.0%; the prediction is 36.5%.
For the population of Geary County, median household income comes to about $59,317, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Geary County counts 14 public schools with about 6,880 students.
Junction City Middle School is the nearest public school to Junction City Sr High, about 0.5 miles away. Junction City Sr High is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 44.2% proficiency; Junction City Sr High posts 25.0%.
Federal data place Junction City Sr High in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 1,713, compared with 1,466 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Geary County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,815
Census ACS
Median income
$59,317
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
6,880 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Geary County Schools
- Junction City Middle SchoolMiddle · 900 students
- Ware ElemElementary · 623 students
- LTG Richard J. Seitz ElementaryElementary · 615 students
- Fort Riley Middle SchoolMiddle · 541 students
- Morris Hill ElemElementary · 413 students
- Spring Valley ElementaryElementary · 400 students
Other schools in Junction City
- Junction City Middle SchoolMiddle · 900 students
- Spring Valley ElementaryElementary · 400 students
- Eisenhower ElemElementary · 370 students
- Washington ElemElementary · 350 students
- Lincoln ElemElementary · 305 students
- Westwood ElemElementary · 278 students
Nearby schools
- Junction City Middle School0.5 mi · 900
- Spring Valley Elementary1.9 mi · 400
- Westwood Elem2.0 mi · 278
- Lincoln Elem2.2 mi · 305
- Eisenhower Elem2.2 mi · 370
- Sheridan Elem3.0 mi · 255
Frequently asked questions
About Junction City Sr HighHow many students attend Junction City Sr High?
Junction City Sr High enrolls approximately 1,713 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Junction City Sr High serve?
Junction City Sr High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Junction City Sr High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Junction City Sr High is approximately 13.4:1 (128 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Junction City Sr High?
Student demographics at Junction City Sr High are roughly 46% White, 20% Hispanic, 17% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Junction City Sr High in?
Junction City Sr High is part of Geary County Schools.
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