Enrollment
122
High
DISTRICT 139 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NESS CITY·NCES 200993000500
Ness City High
200 N 5th, Ness City, KS 67560 · (785) 798-3991 · Ness County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL122 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
46 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 Ness City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
44.6%
KS avg 44.5% . +16.5pp since 2023
Math
42.8%
KS avg 38.8% . +24.9pp since 2023
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 43 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 25 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
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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
122
-28 (-19%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
was 9.5:1
% White
75%
was 74%
% Hispanic
22%
was 25%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Ness City High
Ness City High is one of the tiny secondary schools in Ness City, Kansas, operated by Ness City, with 122 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 70% below the state mean of about 410.
Ness City comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 277 students; Ness City High is among them.
On the student-mix side, Ness City High logs that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 22% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Ness City High tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Ness County (around 48%), the school's rate is south of typical.
With demographic context factored in, Ness City High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.1%, the actual is 37.0%, a residual of -7.2 points.
In the area at large, census data for Ness County shows median household income runs about $68,616, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Ness City High is one of 5 public schools in Ness County (combined enrollment of about 404 students).
The closest other public school is Ness City Elem, roughly 0.1 miles away. On composite proficiency, Ness City High comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 40.2%.
Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 19%: 150 students in 2018 compared to 122 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 9.5:1 in 2018 to 7.8:1 today.
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Ness County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,653
Census ACS
Median income
$68,616
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
404 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Ness City Elem0.1 mi · 155
- Western Plains South Elem/Jr High11.0 mi · 31
- Western Plains High13.0 mi · 34
- Western Plains North Elem13.0 mi · 62
- Hodgeman County Elementary25.5 mi · 176
- Hodgeman County High25.6 mi · 109
Frequently asked questions
About Ness City HighHow many students attend Ness City High?
Ness City High enrolls approximately 122 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Ness City High serve?
Ness City High serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ness City High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ness City High is approximately 7.8:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ness City High?
Student demographics at Ness City High are roughly 75% White, 22% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
What district is Ness City High in?
Ness City High is part of Ness City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.