Enrollment
198
High
DISTRICT 98 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KINGMAN - NORWICH·NCES 200807000629
Kingman High
260 West Kansas Avenue, Kingman, KS 67068 · (620) 532-3136 · Kingman County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL198 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of Kansas public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
87 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 60 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 50 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 39 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 49 | 25% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
36.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
40.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 | 36.2% | 40.4% |
| 2023-24 | 28.6% | 23.8% |
% 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
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Kingman High
Kingman High's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingman High this school | 198 | 43.9% | 27.9% |
| Hill City Junior-Senior High Hill City | 171 | 45.0% | 26.3% |
| Norton High Norton | 181 | 45.9% | 25.4% |
| Phillipsburg High Phillipsburg | 173 | 42.8% | 37.7% |
| Bennington Junior High/High School Bennington | 219 | 42.9% | 28.9% |
| Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr Sylvan Grove | 144 | 45.1% | 24.7% |
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 Kingman High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #142 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #95 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #147 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 198 | #173 of 332 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.9% | #132 of 263 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.7% | #16 of 100 |
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
198
+23 (+13%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 305
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 198 | 17.9 | 11.1:1 | 44% (87) |
| 2023-24 | 190 | 16.7 | 11.4:1 | 49% (93) |
| 2022-23 | 203 | 20 | 10.2:1 | 44% (90) |
| 2020-21 | 175 | 18 | 9.7:1 | 34% (60) |
| 2017-18 | 235 | 21.4 | 11.0:1 | 40% (93) |
| 2015-16 | 276 | 25 | 11.0:1 | 37% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 271 | 24 | 11.3:1 | 40% (109) |
| 2000-01 | 314 | 22 | 14.3:1 | 34% (108) |
| 1990-91 | 305 | 23 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kingman High.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (235 to 198); teachers down 16% (21.4 to 17.9).
About Kingman High
Kingman High is a small high school in Kingman - Norwich, located in Kingman, Kansas. There are 198 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 52% below the 410-student average for high schools in Kansas.
Enrollment across the 7 schools in Kingman - Norwich totals 865 students.
Kingman High is 91% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is in line with Kingman County, where about 93% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 17%.
On staff are 17.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.1:1. High schools in Kansas average 11.9:1, 0.8 more students per teacher than here. Kingman High has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 44%.
Kingman High holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 46% of Kansas public high schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Kingman High is -13.2 points: 27.9% actual, 41.2% predicted.
For Kingman County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $59,842, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 9 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,091, Kingman High among them.
Kingman Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 3. Kingman High is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place Kingman High in the Rural: Remote locale, which means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 13% rise, from 175 to 198. The ratio of students to teachers went from 9.7:1 to 11.1:1 over the same years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Kingman High. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Kingman County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,186
Census ACS
Median income
$59,842
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,091 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kingman - Norwich
- Kingman Elementary SchoolElementary · 330 students
- Norwich Elementary SchoolElementary · 108 students
- Kingman Middle SchoolMiddle · 89 students
- Norwich HighHigh · 82 students
- Norwich Middle SchoolMiddle · 44 students
- USD 331 Virtual SchoolHigh · 14 students
Other schools in Kingman
- Kingman Elementary SchoolElementary · 330 students
- Kingman Middle SchoolMiddle · 89 students
- USD 331 Virtual SchoolHigh · 14 students
Other Kingman High schools
One other US public school is named Kingman High. Kingman High is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Kingman High SchoolKINGMAN, AZ · 875 students
Nearby schools
- Kingman Middle School0.0 mi · 89
- Kingman Elementary School1.0 mi · 330
- USD 331 Virtual School1.3 mi · 14
- Pretty Prairie Elem9.5 mi · 133
- Pretty Prairie High9.8 mi · 82
- Pretty Prairie Middle9.8 mi · 68
Frequently asked questions
About Kingman HighHow many students attend Kingman High?
Kingman High enrolls approximately 198 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Kingman High serve?
Kingman High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Kingman High have?
Kingman High employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
How diverse is Kingman High?
Kingman High reports a student body of 91% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Kingman High in?
Kingman High is part of Kingman - Norwich.
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