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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KINGMAN - NORWICH·NCES 200807000632

Norwich High

209 Parkway, Norwich, KS 67118 · (620) 478-2235 · Kingman County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL82 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% of Kansas public high schools
  • BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C+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
82
High
DISTRICT 98 · STATE 410
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
31 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 92227%
Grade 102429%
Grade 111822%
Grade 121822%
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 58% · US 70%
White
7490%
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
34%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 23% · US 30%
Black
22%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 7% · US 15%
Two+
34%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
3948%
Female
4352%

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Test scores

KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + Exceeding
English Language Arts
52.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
43.5%
KS avg 38.8%

What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 52 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
2024-2552.2%43.5%
2023-2431.6%15.8%
% 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
31.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 31% 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 →

Schools most like Norwich High

Norwich High's state test result (31.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Norwich High this school8237.8%31.1%
Onaga Senior High
Onaga
8636.0%38.5%
South Haven High
South Haven
12038.3%19.7%
Cunningham High
Cunningham
11737.6%38.8%
Lebo High
Lebo
11735.9%43.2%
Trego Community High
WaKeeney
11338.9%28.9%
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 Norwich High ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Kansas
Enrollment
ranked largest first
82#276 of 332
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
82
+9 (+12%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 67
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 14.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-25828.69.6:138% (31)
2023-24775.813.4:135% (27)
2022-23735.812.6:136% (26)
2020-2173514.6:130% (22)
2017-18745.314.0:132% (24)
2015-166187.6:138% (23)
2010-1175710.7:141% (31)
2000-01103812.9:129% (30)
1990-916797.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Norwich High.

Since 2017-18: students up 11% (74 to 82); teachers up 62% (5.3 to 8.6).

About Norwich High

Norwich High is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in Norwich, Kansas. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 82 students. Average enrollment for high schools in Kansas is about 410, so this school runs 80% smaller than that.

Norwich High is one school in a 7-school district, Kingman - Norwich, which enrolls 865 students.

The large majority of students at Norwich High, 90%, are White. Other reported shares: 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. That is close to the 93% White share among all Kingman County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Norwich High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 18%.

The school has about 9.6 students per teacher and 8.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 38%. That rate is below the 48% average among public schools in Kingman County.

The allk12 Grade for Norwich High is B. Compared with Kansas public high schools, the school scored higher than 57% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.

Norwich High scores 31.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 44.1%.

Within Kingman County, median household income is about $59,842, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Kingman County number 9 and enroll about 1,091.

The nearest other public school, Norwich Middle School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Norwich High. On state test proficiency, Norwich High ranks 8th in a group of 9 nearby schools.

NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Norwich High went from 73 students to 82. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.6:1 to 9.6:1.

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Kingman County at a glance

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Population
7,186
Census ACS
Median income
$59,842
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,091 students

Quick facts

School name
Norwich High
District
Kingman - Norwich
Address
209 Parkway, Norwich, KS 67118
Phone
(620) 478-2235
County
Kingman County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
82
Teachers (FTE)
9
Student–teacher ratio
9.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
31 (38%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
200807000632
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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One other US public school is named Norwich High. Norwich High is the 2nd largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About Norwich High
What is the total enrollment at Norwich High?
Norwich High enrolls approximately 82 students in grades 09-12.
Is Norwich High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Norwich High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Norwich High?
Approximately 9.6:1 students per teacher at Norwich High.
What is the student diversity at Norwich High?
Student demographics at Norwich High are roughly 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Norwich High public or private?
Norwich High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kingman - Norwich.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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