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.