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What's something Leavenworth Sr High does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,237
High
DISTRICT 409 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEAVENWORTH·NCES 200843001157
Leavenworth Sr High
2012 10th Ave, Leavenworth, KS 66048 · (913) 684-1550 · Leavenworth County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,237 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Kansas public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
17.2:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
552 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 314 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 323 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 306 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 294 | 24% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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 Leavenworth. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
34.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
28.0%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 | 34.8% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.9% | 19.4% |
% 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
27.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Leavenworth Sr High
Leavenworth Sr High's state test result (27.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leavenworth Sr High this school | 1,237 | 44.6% | 27.8% |
| Lawrence High Lawrence | 1,454 | 42.0% | 31.0% |
| Bonner Springs High Bonner Springs | 778 | 53.2% | 20.9% |
| Shawnee Mission Northwest High Shawnee | 1,599 | 40.7% | 37.0% |
| Junction City Sr High Junction City | 1,713 | 53.6% | 25.0% |
| Manhattan High School Manhattan | 2,087 | 41.8% | 39.5% |
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 Leavenworth Sr High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #148 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #184 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #161 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,237 | #39 of 332 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #165 of 172 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #21 of 172 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.6% | #126 of 263 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #53 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
1,237
-33 (-3%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 1,099
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 1,237 | 72.1 | 17.2:1 | 45% (552) |
| 2023-24 | 1,288 | 69 | 18.7:1 | 47% (604) |
| 2022-23 | 1,250 | 67.3 | 18.6:1 | 44% (551) |
| 2020-21 | 1,270 | 71 | 17.9:1 | 40% (503) |
| 2017-18 | 1,331 | 72 | 18.5:1 | 44% (580) |
| 2015-16 | 1,315 | 77 | 17.1:1 | 47% (615) |
| 2010-11 | 1,249 | 74 | 16.9:1 | 41% (513) |
| 2000-01 | 1,503 | 103 | 14.6:1 | 27% (404) |
| 1990-91 | 1,099 | 69 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leavenworth Sr High.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (1,331 to 1,237); teachers unchanged (72 to 72.1).
About Leavenworth Sr High
Leavenworth Sr High is a large high school in Leavenworth, Kansas. It had 1,237 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. High schools in Kansas have about 410 students on average; enrollment here is 202% higher.
Leavenworth runs Leavenworth Sr High along with 7 other schools, enrolling 3,268 students in total.
More than half of the students at Leavenworth Sr High are White (57%). Beyond that, enrollment is 15% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 12% multiracial. In Leavenworth County overall, about 80% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Leavenworth Sr High scores 62%.
Teacher count: 72.1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 17.2:1. Compared with the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 45%. Compared with the 34% average for public schools in Leavenworth County, the school's rate is higher.
Leavenworth Sr High holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 44% of Kansas public high schools.
Test results at Leavenworth Sr High are 13.1 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (27.8% actual, 40.8% predicted).
In Leavenworth County, the median household earns about $89,218 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Leavenworth County, 30 public schools serve about 13,185 students.
Leavenworth Sr High's nearest public school is Anthony Elementary (about 0.8 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Leavenworth Sr High ranks 3rd of 7 on average proficiency.
Federal data place Leavenworth Sr High in the Town: Fringe locale, which means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
The school's student count decreased 3% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Leavenworth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,123
Census ACS
Median income
$89,218
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
13,185 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Leavenworth
- Richard Warren Middle SchoolMiddle · 427 students
- Richard Warren Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 409 students
- David Brewer ElementaryElementary · 319 students
- Henry LeavenworthElementary · 297 students
- Earl Lawson Early Education CenterElementary · 282 students
- Anthony ElementaryElementary · 274 students
Other schools in Leavenworth
- Lansing High 9-12High · 860 students
- Richard Warren Middle SchoolMiddle · 427 students
- Richard Warren Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 409 students
- David Brewer ElementaryElementary · 319 students
- Henry LeavenworthElementary · 297 students
- Earl Lawson Early Education CenterElementary · 282 students
Nearby schools
- Anthony Elementary0.8 mi · 274
- Richard Warren Intermediate School0.9 mi · 409
- Richard Warren Middle School0.9 mi · 427
- Leavenworth Virtual School1.1 mi · 23
- Henry Leavenworth1.2 mi · 297
- David Brewer Elementary1.9 mi · 319
Frequently asked questions
About Leavenworth Sr HighHow large is Leavenworth Sr High?
Leavenworth Sr High enrolls approximately 1,237 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Leavenworth Sr High serve?
Leavenworth Sr High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Leavenworth Sr High?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at Leavenworth Sr High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Leavenworth Sr High?
At Leavenworth Sr High, the student body is approximately 57% White, 15% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Leavenworth Sr High?
Leavenworth Sr High is overseen by Leavenworth in Leavenworth County.
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