Enrollment
179
High
DISTRICT 140 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHERN LYON COUNTY·NCES 200693000219
Olpe Jr./Sr. High School
220 W Listerscheid St, Olpe, KS 66865 · (620) 475-3223 · Lyon County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL179 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% 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.
- ABeats 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
13.2:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
48 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 6 | 22 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 30 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 28 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 23 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 30 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 22 | 12% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
45.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
60.6%
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 61 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 | 45.4% | 60.6% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 53.1% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Olpe Jr./Sr. High School
Olpe Jr./Sr. High School's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olpe Jr./Sr. High School this school | 179 | 26.8% | 47.4% |
| Pleasant Ridge High Easton | 168 | 27.4% | 33.0% |
| Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School Eskridge | 216 | 29.6% | 40.0% |
| Goessel High Goessel | 154 | 24.0% | 38.1% |
| Conway Springs High School Conway Springs | 144 | 26.4% | 41.9% |
| Centralia High Centralia | 145 | 28.3% | 43.8% |
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 Olpe Jr./Sr. High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #11 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #15 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #74 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 179 | #188 of 332 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.8% | #232 of 263 |
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
179
+38 (+27%) vs 2020
+118% since 1990-91, when it was 82
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 179 | 13.6 | 13.2:1 | 27% (48) |
| 2023-24 | 156 | 13.1 | 11.9:1 | 25% (39) |
| 2022-23 | 147 | 12.8 | 11.5:1 | 24% (35) |
| 2020-21 | 141 | 12 | 11.8:1 | 26% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 138 | 12.3 | 11.2:1 | 25% (34) |
| 2015-16 | 154 | 13 | 11.8:1 | 23% (35) |
| 2010-11 | 150 | 12 | 12.5:1 | 26% (39) |
| 2000-01 | 180 | 16 | 11.3:1 | 23% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 82 | 8 | 10.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Olpe Jr./Sr. High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 30% (138 to 179); teachers up 10% (12.3 to 13.6).
About Olpe Jr./Sr. High School
Olpe Jr./Sr. High School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in Olpe, Kansas. It educates 179 students in grades 6 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Kansas is about 410 students.
Olpe Jr./Sr. High School is a school in Southern Lyon County. The district has 4 schools and 536 students.
White students are the large majority at Olpe Jr./Sr. High School, with 89% of enrollment. Other groups make up 8% Hispanic. County-wide, 72% of Lyon County residents are White. By the diversity index, Olpe Jr./Sr. High School comes in at 19%.
The count of teachers at Olpe Jr./Sr. High School is 13.6 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 13.2:1. Among high schools in Kansas, the typical ratio is 11.9:1. The school counts 48 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 27%. Public schools in Lyon County average 59%.
The allk12 Grade for Olpe Jr./Sr. High School is A+. Compared with Kansas public high schools, the school scored higher than 95% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Olpe Jr./Sr. High School is 1.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (47.4% versus 49.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Kansas.
Census estimates describe Lyon County this way: median household income is about $59,912, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Lyon County number 14 and enroll about 5,122.
Olpe Elementary is the public school closest to Olpe Jr./Sr. High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 37.2%; Olpe Jr./Sr. High School's is 47.4%, ranking 3rd of 9.
The federal government classifies Olpe Jr./Sr. High School's location as Rural: Distant.
Federal counts put enrollment at 141 in 2020-21 and 179 in 2024-25, a 27% rise. Federal data show the ratio rising from 11.8:1 to 13.2:1.
Community posts for Olpe Jr./Sr. High School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Lyon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
32,186
Census ACS
Median income
$59,912
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
5,122 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Southern Lyon County
- Olpe ElementaryElementary · 149 students
- Neosho Rapids ElementaryElementary · 107 students
- Hartford Jr./Sr. High SchoolHigh · 101 students
Nearby schools
- Olpe Elementary0.0 mi · 149
- Logan Ave Elem8.8 mi · 208
- Riverside Elementary9.1 mi · 385
- Madison Elem9.6 mi · 130
- Madison High9.8 mi · 106
- W A White Elem10.0 mi · 248
Frequently asked questions
About Olpe Jr./Sr. High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Olpe Jr./Sr. High School?
Olpe Jr./Sr. High School enrolls approximately 179 students in grades 06-12.
Is Olpe Jr./Sr. High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Olpe Jr./Sr. High School is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at Olpe Jr./Sr. High School?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Olpe Jr./Sr. High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Olpe Jr./Sr. High School?
At Olpe Jr./Sr. High School, the student body is approximately 89% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Olpe Jr./Sr. High School?
Olpe Jr./Sr. High School is overseen by Southern Lyon County in Lyon County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.