Enrollment
181
High
DISTRICT 234 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 201002000060
Norton High
513 W. Wilberforce Street, Norton, KS 67654 · (785) 877-3338 · Norton County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL181 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% 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.
- CBeats 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
9.9:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
83 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 49 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 39 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 41 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 52 | 29% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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 Norton Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
36.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
29.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 | 36.6% | 29.3% |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 10.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Norton High
Norton High's state test result (25.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norton High this school | 181 | 45.9% | 25.4% |
| Hill City Junior-Senior High Hill City | 171 | 45.0% | 26.3% |
| Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr Sylvan Grove | 144 | 45.1% | 24.7% |
| Jackson Heights High School and Middle School Holton | 229 | 45.9% | 25.6% |
| Kingman High Kingman | 198 | 43.9% | 27.9% |
| Phillipsburg High Phillipsburg | 173 | 42.8% | 37.7% |
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 Norton High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #167 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #175 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #141 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 181 | #186 of 332 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.9% | #118 of 263 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.4% | #18 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
181
-4 (-2%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 216
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 181 | 18.3 | 9.9:1 | 46% (83) |
| 2023-24 | 188 | 17.8 | 10.6:1 | 46% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 202 | 15.5 | 13.0:1 | 46% (92) |
| 2020-21 | 185 | 19 | 9.7:1 | 30% (55) |
| 2017-18 | 214 | 20.7 | 10.4:1 | 38% (82) |
| 2015-16 | 238 | 23 | 10.3:1 | 43% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 241 | 21 | 11.5:1 | 37% (89) |
| 2000-01 | 264 | 23 | 11.5:1 | 24% (63) |
| 1990-91 | 216 | 20 | 10.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Norton High.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (214 to 181); teachers down 11% (20.7 to 18.3).
About Norton High
Located in Norton, Kansas, Norton High is a small high school. Total enrollment is 181 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. High schools in Kansas have about 410 students on average; enrollment here is 56% lower.
Norton High falls under Norton Community Schools, which has 3 schools enrolling 701 students.
Of every 100 students at Norton High, about 92 are White. It is also 5% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put Norton County at about 89% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 15%.
Norton High reports a ratio of 9.9 students per teacher, from 18.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas is 2.0 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Norton High, 46% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Kansas public high schools, Norton High outscored 31%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Norton High trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 14.9 points (25.4% versus 40.2%), a bottom-10% result in Kansas on BeatsExpectations.
In Norton County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $54,050 a year, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Norton High, Norton County has 5 public schools.
Norton High is less than a tenth of a mile from Norton Jr High, its nearest public school. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Norton High ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Rural: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (185) to 2024-25 (181).
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Norton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,359
Census ACS
Median income
$54,050
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
820 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Norton Community Schools
- Eisenhower ElemElementary · 424 students
- Norton Jr HighMiddle · 96 students
Other schools in Norton
- Eisenhower ElemElementary · 424 students
- Norton Jr HighMiddle · 96 students
Other Norton High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Norton High. Norton High is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Norton High SchoolNorton, OH · 746 students
- Norton HighNorton, MA · 685 students
Nearby schools
- Norton Jr High0.0 mi · 96
- Eisenhower Elem0.3 mi · 424
- Almena Elem10.6 mi · 78
- Northern Valley High10.6 mi · 41
- Long Island Middle School20.6 mi · 31
- Logan Elem20.8 mi · 76
Frequently asked questions
About Norton HighWhat is the total enrollment at Norton High?
Norton High enrolls approximately 181 students in grades 09-12.
Is Norton High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Norton High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Norton High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Norton High is approximately 9.9:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Norton High?
At Norton High, the student body is approximately 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Norton High in?
Norton High is part of Norton Community Schools.
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