Enrollment
87
High
DISTRICT 83 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LACROSSE·NCES 200822000890
La Crosse High
400 Washington, La Crosse, KS 67548 · (785) 222-2528 · Rush County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL87 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% 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.
- 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
8.3:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.5:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
40 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 21 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 24 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 24 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 18 | 21% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within LaCrosse. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
45.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
29.2%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 | 45.8% | 29.2% |
| 2023-24 | 22.2% | 11.1% |
% 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
25.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 La Crosse High
La Crosse High's state test result (25.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Crosse High this school | 87 | 46.0% | 25.9% |
| Crest High Colony | 78 | 46.2% | 27.2% |
| Udall High Udall | 112 | 46.4% | 30.5% |
| Dighton High Dighton | 86 | 43.0% | 43.6% |
| South Central High School Coldwater | 88 | 46.6% | 23.5% |
| Solomon High Solomon | 116 | 47.4% | 21.8% |
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 La Crosse High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 87 | #270 of 332 |
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
87
-4 (-4%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 97
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 87 | 10.5 | 8.3:1 | 46% (40) |
| 2023-24 | 102 | 8.7 | 11.7:1 | 50% (51) |
| 2022-23 | 101 | 8.6 | 11.8:1 | 47% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 91 | 9 | 10.1:1 | 47% (43) |
| 2017-18 | 94 | 11.4 | 8.3:1 | 47% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 82 | 10 | 8.2:1 | 51% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 114 | 11 | 10.4:1 | 51% (58) |
| 2000-01 | 120 | 12 | 10.0:1 | 31% (37) |
| 1990-91 | 97 | 11 | 8.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for La Crosse High.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (94 to 87); teachers down 7% (11.4 to 10.5).
About La Crosse High
Among the schools in La Crosse, Kansas, is La Crosse High, a very small high school. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 87 students. It has 79% fewer students than the average for high schools in Kansas (about 410).
LaCrosse serves 249 students across 3 schools.
La Crosse High is 91% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 6% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. That is in line with Rush County, where about 88% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 17%.
Based on 10.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, La Crosse High has a ratio of 8.3:1. The gap from the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas is 3.6 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 46%. The average for public schools in Rush County is similar, at 44%.
On the allk12 Grade, La Crosse High lands at C+, ahead of 38% of Kansas public high schools.
La Crosse High is 14.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (25.9% versus 40.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Kansas.
In Rush County, home to about 2,947 people, median household income comes to about $59,970, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 6 public schools in the county, enrolling about 421, La Crosse High among them.
Among nearby public schools, La Crosse Middle School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, La Crosse High ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for La Crosse High is Rural: Remote, which covers schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 91 to 87, a 4% decline. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 10.1:1 in 2020-21 to 8.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Rush County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,947
Census ACS
Median income
$59,970
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
421 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LaCrosse
- La Crosse ElementaryElementary · 125 students
- La Crosse Middle SchoolMiddle · 37 students
Other schools in La Crosse
- La Crosse ElementaryElementary · 125 students
- La Crosse Middle SchoolMiddle · 37 students
Nearby schools
- La Crosse Middle School0.0 mi · 37
- La Crosse Elementary0.4 mi · 125
- Otis-Bison Elementary13.6 mi · 73
- Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School13.6 mi · 81
- Otis Bison Academy13.6 mi · 18
- Western Plains South Elem/Jr High21.8 mi · 31
Frequently asked questions
About La Crosse HighHow many students attend La Crosse High?
La Crosse High enrolls approximately 87 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does La Crosse High serve?
La Crosse High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at La Crosse High?
Approximately 8.3:1 students per teacher at La Crosse High.
What is the student diversity at La Crosse High?
Student demographics at La Crosse High are roughly 91% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is La Crosse High in?
La Crosse High is part of LaCrosse.
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