Enrollment
127
High
DISTRICT 112 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WACONDA·NCES 200447000406
Lakeside Junior/Senior High School
1306 N Morgan, Downs, KS 67437 · (785) 454-3332 · Osborne County
GRADES 06–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL127 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Kansas public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
9.2:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
66 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 6 | 9 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 21 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 15 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 21 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 24 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 17 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 20 | 16% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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 Waconda. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
48.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
48.6%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 | 48.6% | 48.6% |
| 2023-24 | 40.5% | 48.6% |
% 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 Lakeside Junior/Senior High School
Lakeside Junior/Senior High School's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside Junior/Senior High School this school | 127 | 52.0% | 48.0% |
| Smith Center Jr Sr High Smith Center | 183 | 50.8% | 45.2% |
| Peabody-Burns Jr/Sr High School Peabody | 102 | 51.0% | 16.8% |
| Flinthills High School Rosalia | 97 | 54.6% | 26.4% |
| West Franklin High School Pomona | 200 | 51.5% | 22.1% |
| Humboldt High School Humboldt | 176 | 49.4% | 23.7% |
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 Lakeside Junior/Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #9 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #46 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #58 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 127 | #234 of 332 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.0% | #88 of 263 |
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
127
-16 (-11%) vs 2020
+98% since 1990-91, when it was 64
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 127 | 13.9 | 9.2:1 | 52% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 135 | 12.8 | 10.6:1 | 57% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 134 | 13.1 | 10.3:1 | 50% (67) |
| 2020-21 | 143 | 13 | 11.0:1 | 43% (62) |
| 2017-18 | 126 | 10.8 | 11.7:1 | 53% (67) |
| 2015-16 | 133 | 13 | 10.2:1 | 51% (68) |
| 2010-11 | 110 | 12 | 9.2:1 | 45% (50) |
| 2000-01 | 83 | 8 | 10.4:1 | 23% (19) |
| 1990-91 | 64 | 8 | 8.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakeside Junior/Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (126 to 127); teachers up 29% (10.8 to 13.9).
About Lakeside Junior/Senior High School
Lakeside Junior/Senior High School is a public small high school in Downs, Kansas. It serves 127 students in grades 6 through 12. The average among high schools in Kansas is roughly 410 students; this school is 69% smaller than that.
The 3 schools of Waconda, including Lakeside Junior/Senior High School, enroll 336 students.
White students make up 91% of enrollment at Lakeside Junior/Senior High School. Other students are 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, and 2% Native American. For comparison, Osborne County is about 92% White. The school's diversity index is 18%, meaning two students picked at random have an 18% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 13.9 full-time equivalents, or about 9.2 students per teacher. This ratio sits 2.7 below the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 52%. For comparison, public schools in Osborne County average 55%.
allk12 grades Lakeside Junior/Senior High School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Lakeside Junior/Senior High School is 10.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (48.0% versus 37.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Kansas.
Federal survey data for Osborne County show that the median household income is $63,011, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 5 public schools in Osborne County, enrolling about 593 students in all.
The closest public school, Lakeside Elementary, is about 5.8 miles from Lakeside Junior/Senior High School. There are 3 other public schools within ten miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Lakeside Junior/Senior High School is 5th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Lakeside Junior/Senior High School's location as Rural: Remote.
Federal data show an 11% enrollment decrease, from 143 in 2020-21 to 127 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.0:1 in 2020-21 to 9.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Osborne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,452
Census ACS
Median income
$63,011
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
593 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Waconda
- Lakeside ElementaryElementary · 163 students
- Tipton Community SchoolElementary · 46 students
Nearby schools
- Lakeside Elementary5.8 mi · 163
- Osborne Junior/Senior High9.4 mi · 157
- Osborne Elem9.4 mi · 194
- Tipton Community School12.4 mi · 46
- Smith Center Elem22.3 mi · 253
- Smith Center Jr Sr High22.4 mi · 183
Frequently asked questions
About Lakeside Junior/Senior High SchoolHow large is Lakeside Junior/Senior High School?
Lakeside Junior/Senior High School enrolls approximately 127 students in grades 06-12.
Is Lakeside Junior/Senior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lakeside Junior/Senior High School is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does Lakeside Junior/Senior High School have?
Lakeside Junior/Senior High School employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lakeside Junior/Senior High School?
At Lakeside Junior/Senior High School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black.
What district is Lakeside Junior/Senior High School in?
Lakeside Junior/Senior High School is part of Waconda.
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