Enrollment
224
High
DISTRICT 239 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BARBER COUNTY NORTH·NCES 200945001931
Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High School
400 W. Eldorado Ave, Medicine Lodge, KS 67104 · (620) 886-5667 · Barber County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL224 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
112 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 Barber County North. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
QUIET COMMUNITY
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KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
35.6%
KS avg 44.5% . +9.9pp since 2023
Math
46.6%
KS avg 38.8% . +20.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 21 points.
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
32.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
224
+40 (+22%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 8.4:1
% White
91%
was 85%
% Hispanic
4%
was 10%
% Black
0%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High School
Located at 400 W. Eldorado Ave, in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High School is a compact secondary school that enrolls 224 students (grades 7 through 12), part of Barber County North. Enrollment runs roughly 45% below the state mean of about 410.
Across the 2 schools in Barber County North (477 students total), Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). The remainder is composed of 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Barber County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.3%; this one delivers 32.1%.
In the area at large, census data for Barber County shows median household income runs about $61,926, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High School is one of 4 public schools in Barber County (combined enrollment of about 675 students).
Nearest neighbor: Medicine Lodge Grade School, around 0.6 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 38.8%.
The campus sits in a countryside setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High School's enrollment has grew 22% since 2018, when it stood at 184 (now 224). White enrollment moved from 85% to 91% across the same window.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Barber County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,069
Census ACS
Median income
$61,926
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
675 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Barber County North
- Medicine Lodge Grade SchoolElementary · 253 students
Other schools in Medicine Lodge
- Medicine Lodge Grade SchoolElementary · 253 students
Nearby schools
- Medicine Lodge Grade School0.6 mi · 253
- South Barber 7-1219.1 mi · 87
- Attica High19.8 mi · 47
- Puls Elem19.8 mi · 122
- South Barber Pre-K-619.9 mi · 111
- Southwest Elem25.7 mi · 462
Frequently asked questions
About Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High SchoolHow many students attend Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High School?
Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High School enrolls approximately 224 students in grades 07-12.
Is Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High School have?
Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High School?
Student demographics at Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High School are roughly 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High School public or private?
Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Barber County North.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.