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Enrollment
483
High
DISTRICT 261 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LABETTE COUNTY·NCES 200330001495
Labette County High School
601 S High School Street, Altamont, KS 67330 · (620) 784-5321 · Labette County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL483 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Kansas public high schools
- CTest 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.
- ·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
12.3:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
280 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 106 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 119 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 132 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 126 | 26% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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 Labette County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
48.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
34.2%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 | 48.2% | 34.2% |
| 2023-24 | 28.5% | 10.8% |
% 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
23.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Labette County High School
Labette County High School's state test result (23.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labette County High School this school | 483 | 58.0% | 23.8% |
| Columbus Junior High and High School Columbus | 438 | 55.3% | 25.8% |
| Baxter Springs High Baxter Springs | 361 | 57.3% | 42.9% |
| Osawatomie High Osawatomie | 295 | 55.6% | 18.3% |
| Concordia Jr-Sr High Concordia | 524 | 52.9% | 30.6% |
| Iola Sr High Iola | 296 | 54.7% | 22.1% |
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 Labette County High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #189 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #138 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #59 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 483 | #88 of 332 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #72 of 172 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.9% | #118 of 172 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.0% | #53 of 263 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #48 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
483
-22 (-4%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 534
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 483 | 39.1 | 12.3:1 | 58% (280) |
| 2023-24 | 507 | 28.9 | 17.5:1 | 58% (292) |
| 2022-23 | 534 | 30.8 | 17.3:1 | 53% (285) |
| 2020-21 | 505 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 55% (279) |
| 2017-18 | 524 | 31.5 | 16.6:1 | 57% (300) |
| 2015-16 | 510 | 30 | 17.0:1 | 53% (272) |
| 2010-11 | 545 | 26 | 21.0:1 | 57% (313) |
| 2000-01 | 648 | 41 | 15.8:1 | 16% (104) |
| 1990-91 | 534 | 44 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Labette County High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (524 to 483); teachers up 24% (31.5 to 39.1).
About Labette County High School
Federal records list Labette County High School as a high school in Altamont, Kansas. The school's 483 students are in grades 9 through 12.
Labette County is made up of 7 schools with 1,528 students in all.
About 86% of the student body at Labette County High School is White. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. The White share in Labette County as a whole is similar, at about 84%. Pick two students at random and there is a 26% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 12.3:1 comes from the school's 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas fairly closely. The lunch program counts 58% of students at Labette County High School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Labette County High School is C+. Compared with Kansas public high schools, the school scored higher than 37% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 23.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 34.4%.
Within Labette County, the median household income is $56,325, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, Labette County has 18 public schools and roughly 3,468 students.
The nearest other public school, Labette County Virtual School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 42.5%; Labette County High School's is 23.8%, ranking 7th of 8.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment at Labette County High School dropped 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 505 to 483 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.3:1 to 12.3:1.
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Labette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,869
Census ACS
Median income
$56,325
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
3,468 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Labette County
- Meadowview ElemElementary · 367 students
- Altamont ElemElementary · 208 students
- Edna ElemElementary · 179 students
- Mound Valley ElemElementary · 136 students
- Bartlett ElemElementary · 116 students
- Labette County Virtual SchoolHigh · 39 students
Other schools in Altamont
- Altamont ElemElementary · 208 students
- Labette County Virtual SchoolHigh · 39 students
Nearby schools
- Labette County Virtual School0.1 mi · 39
- Altamont Elem0.1 mi · 208
- Mound Valley Elem6.6 mi · 136
- Meadowview Elem7.2 mi · 367
- Guthridge School9.6 mi · 203
- Oswego Junior-Senior High School9.6 mi · 195
Frequently asked questions
About Labette County High SchoolHow many students attend Labette County High School?
Labette County High School enrolls approximately 483 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Labette County High School serve?
Labette County High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Labette County High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Labette County High School is approximately 12.3:1 (39 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Labette County High School?
Labette County High School reports a student body of 86% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Labette County High School?
Labette County High School is overseen by Labette County in Labette County.
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