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Enrollment
1,774
High
DISTRICT 1,614 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAWRENCE·NCES 200840001189
Lawrence Free State High
4700 Overland Drive, Lawrence, KS 66049 · (785) 832-6050 · Douglas County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,774 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of Kansas public high schools
- ATest 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
16.4:1
108 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
538 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 445 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 415 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 446 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 468 | 26% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
54.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
49.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 54 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 | 54.2% | 49.1% |
| 2023-24 | 39.2% | 32.6% |
% 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
41.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.7%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Lawrence Free State High
Lawrence Free State High's state test result (41.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Free State High this school | 1,774 | 30.3% | 41.3% |
| Washburn Rural High Topeka | 1,878 | 30.5% | 35.1% |
| Maize Sr High Maize | 1,444 | 29.5% | 25.3% |
| Gardner Edgerton High Gardner | 1,794 | 35.5% | 25.6% |
| Maize South High School Wichita | 1,107 | 25.9% | 32.5% |
| Goddard High Goddard | 962 | 33.8% | 22.3% |
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 Lawrence Free State High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #34 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #44 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #25 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,774 | #16 of 332 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #158 of 172 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.4% | #51 of 172 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.3% | #212 of 263 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #71 of 75 |
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
1,774
-12 (-1%) vs 2020
+56% since 2000-01, when it was 1,138
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 1,774 | 107.9 | 16.4:1 | 30% (538) |
| 2023-24 | 1,768 | 82.7 | 21.4:1 | 32% (557) |
| 2022-23 | 1,777 | 90.7 | 19.6:1 | 32% (573) |
| 2020-21 | 1,786 | 104 | 17.2:1 | 24% (421) |
| 2017-18 | 1,757 | 105.7 | 16.6:1 | 25% (438) |
| 2015-16 | 1,686 | 106 | 15.9:1 | 31% (522) |
| 2010-11 | 1,055 | 71 | 14.9:1 | 23% (240) |
| 2000-01 | 1,138 | 72 | 15.8:1 | 20% (226) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lawrence Free State High.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (1,757 to 1,774); teachers up 2% (105.7 to 107.9).
About Lawrence Free State High
Lawrence Free State High is a high-enrollment high school in Kansas, located in Lawrence. Federal data show 1,774 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 410 students for high schools in Kansas.
Lawrence has 10,380 students spread across 18 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Lawrence Free State High is 70% White. Other groups include 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 4% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 48%.
Lawrence Free State High has 107.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.4:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Kansas is 11.9:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 30% at Lawrence Free State High. That is 10 points below the 40% average for public schools in Douglas County.
Lawrence Free State High holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 87% of Kansas public high schools.
Lawrence Free State High scores 41.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 47.7%.
Census data for Douglas County show median household income comes to about $69,746, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 30 public schools in the county, enrolling about 13,766, Lawrence Free State High among them.
A public school about 0.9 miles away, Quail Run Elementary, is the closest to Lawrence Free State High. Lawrence Free State High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Lawrence Free State High ranks 6th on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Lawrence Free State High as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 1,786 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 1,774.
The discussion board for Lawrence Free State High is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
120,302
Census ACS
Median income
$69,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
13,766 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lawrence
- Lawrence HighHigh · 1,454 students
- Lawrence West Middle SchoolMiddle · 648 students
- Lawrence Southwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Langston Hughes ElemElementary · 560 students
- Lawrence Virtual SchoolCombined · 543 students
- Billy Mills Middle SchoolMiddle · 494 students
Other schools in Lawrence
- Lawrence HighHigh · 1,454 students
- Lawrence West Middle SchoolMiddle · 648 students
- Lawrence Southwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Langston Hughes ElemElementary · 560 students
- Lawrence Virtual SchoolCombined · 543 students
- Billy Mills Middle SchoolMiddle · 494 students
Nearby schools
- Quail Run Elementary0.9 mi · 421
- Langston Hughes Elem1.5 mi · 560
- Deerfield Elem1.8 mi · 433
- Sunset Hill Elem1.9 mi · 398
- Lawrence West Middle School2.0 mi · 648
- Lawrence Virtual School2.5 mi · 543
Frequently asked questions
About Lawrence Free State HighWhat is the total enrollment at Lawrence Free State High?
Lawrence Free State High enrolls approximately 1,774 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Lawrence Free State High serve?
Lawrence Free State High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Lawrence Free State High have?
Lawrence Free State High employs 108 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
How diverse is Lawrence Free State High?
Lawrence Free State High reports a student body of 70% White, 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Lawrence Free State High?
Lawrence Free State High is overseen by Lawrence in Douglas County.
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