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Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School

12913 Mission Valley Rd. Ste A, Eskridge, KS 66423 · (866) 557-6686 · Wabaunsee County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL216 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Kansas public high schools
  • A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B+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

Enrollment
216
High
DISTRICT 226 · STATE 410
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
64 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 72713%
Grade 83717%
Grade 93416%
Grade 103516%
Grade 114521%
Grade 123818%
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 58% · US 70%
White
19590%
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
167%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 23% · US 30%
Black
10%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 7% · US 15%
Two+
21%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
11754%
Female
9946%

School pathway

Feeds from
Mission Valley ElementaryPK–06
Based on grade levels within Mission Valley. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + Exceeding
English Language Arts
45.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
44.1%
KS avg 38.8%

What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.

KAP results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2545.3%44.1%
2023-2432.7%28.2%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 40% 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 Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School

Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School this school21629.6%40.0%
Jefferson West High
Meriden
24730.0%32.9%
Wellsville High
Wellsville
27829.5%22.2%
Olpe Jr./Sr. High School
Olpe
17926.8%47.4%
Pleasant Ridge High
Easton
16827.4%33.0%
Sabetha High School
Sabetha
21730.4%36.1%
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 Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Kansas
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
40.0%#40 of 262
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
44.1%#69 of 262
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
45.3%#76 of 262
Enrollment
ranked largest first
216#168 of 332
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
9.6:1#12 of 172
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
17.9%#154 of 172
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
29.6%#219 of 263
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-13.3%#24 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 2024-25
Enrollment
216
-4 (-2%) vs 2020
+35% since 1990-91, when it was 160
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 10.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2521622.59.6:130% (64)
2023-2421620.710.4:132% (70)
2022-2321823.79.2:131% (67)
2020-212202110.5:125% (54)
2017-1824922.910.9:129% (71)
2015-162502012.5:136% (91)
2010-111561312.0:138% (60)
2000-012031910.7:119% (39)
1990-911601610.0:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School.

Since 2017-18: students down 13% (249 to 216); teachers down 2% (22.9 to 22.5).

About Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School

Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School is a public high school run by Mission Valley in Eskridge, Kansas. Students in grades 7 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 216 students. For comparison, high schools in Kansas average about 410 students.

Mission Valley is the district for Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School. It has 2 schools and 452 students.

At Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School, White students make up 90% of the student body. It is also 7% Hispanic. That is close to the 91% White share among all Wabaunsee County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 18%.

Staffing totals 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.6:1. That ratio is under the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School is 30%.

allk12 grades Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.

Schools in Kansas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 48.0%. Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School scores 40.0%.

Census Bureau estimates for Wabaunsee County show that median household income is about $76,908, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 7 public schools operate in Wabaunsee County, serving about 937 students.

The nearest other public school, Mission Valley Elementary, is less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, 2 other public schools sit within ten miles of Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School ranks 4th on average proficiency.

The NCES locale for Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

Enrollment went from 220 in 2020-21 to 216 in 2024-25, a change of 4 students.

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Wabaunsee County at a glance

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Population
7,009
Census ACS
Median income
$76,908
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
937 students

Quick facts

School name
Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School
District
Mission Valley
Address
12913 Mission Valley Rd. Ste A, Eskridge, KS 66423
Phone
(866) 557-6686
County
Wabaunsee County
Level
High
Grade range
07–12
Total enrollment
216
Teachers (FTE)
23
Student–teacher ratio
9.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
64 (30%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
200606000626
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School
How many students attend Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School?
Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School enrolls approximately 216 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School serve?
Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School is approximately 9.6:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School?
Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School reports a student body of 90% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School public or private?
Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mission Valley.
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