Lawrence Free State High

Lawrence Free State High is a senior high of roomy scale in Lawrence, Kansas, overseen by Lawrence, works with 1,774 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 410 students each, so Lawrence Free State High sits 333% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 18 schools in Lawrence (10,380 students total), Lawrence Free State High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Lawrence Free State High logs that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 108 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Douglas County (around 40%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Lawrence Free State High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.7%, the actual is 41.3%, a residual of -6.4 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Douglas County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $69,746 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Douglas County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,766 students), of which Lawrence Free State High is one.

Quail Run Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lawrence Free State High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 50.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Lawrence Free State High's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 1,757 (now 1,774).

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