Labette County High School

Labette County High School is a 9-12 campus of moderately sized scale in Altamont, Kansas, one of the schools within Labette County, instructing 483 students in grades 9 through 12.

Labette County High School is one of 7 schools operated by Labette County, a district that caters to 1,528 students overall.

Demographically, Labette County High School shows that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Labette County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Labette County High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.8%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Labette County indicate median household earnings sit near $56,325, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Labette County High School is one of 18 public schools in Labette County (combined enrollment of about 3,468 students).

Labette County Virtual School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Labette County High School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.5%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Labette County High School's enrollment has contracted 8% since 2018, when it stood at 524 (now 483). White enrollment moved from 82% to 86% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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