Enrollment
81
High
DISTRICT 50 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OTIS-BISON·NCES 200402000923
Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School
301 Eagle St., Otis, KS 67565 · (785) 387-2337 · Rush County
GRADES 06–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL81 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Kansas public high schools
- B+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
Student : Teacher
7.3:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.3:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
37 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 13 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 13 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 9 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 11 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 8 | 10% |
| Grade 11 | 16 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 11 | 14% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
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KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
39.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
43.9%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 39 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 year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 43.9% |
| 2023-24 | 23.1% | 15.4% |
% 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
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School
Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School this school | 81 | 45.7% | 34.7% |
| South Central High School Coldwater | 88 | 46.6% | 23.5% |
| Cedar Vale High Cedar Vale | 63 | 46.0% | 28.2% |
| THUNDER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL KENSINGTON | 60 | 48.3% | 40.9% |
| La Crosse High La Crosse | 87 | 46.0% | 25.9% |
| Wakefield High Wakefield | 80 | 50.0% | 17.3% |
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 Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 81 | #278 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 2024-25Enrollment
81
-20 (-20%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 96
Student : Teacher
7.3:1
was 7.2:1
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 | 81 | 11.1 | 7.3:1 | 46% (37) |
| 2023-24 | 85 | 11.2 | 7.6:1 | 49% (42) |
| 2022-23 | 98 | 12.2 | 8.0:1 | 37% (36) |
| 2020-21 | 101 | 14 | 7.2:1 | 47% (47) |
| 2017-18 | 95 | 12.3 | 7.7:1 | 32% (30) |
| 2015-16 | 63 | 12 | 5.3:1 | 40% (25) |
| 2010-11 | 90 | 12 | 7.5:1 | 36% (32) |
| 2000-01 | 124 | 10 | 12.4:1 | 44% (55) |
| 1990-91 | 96 | 10 | 9.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (95 to 81); teachers down 9% (12.3 to 11.1).
About Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School
Among the schools in Otis, Kansas, is Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School, a very small high school. In all, 81 students attend the school in grades 6 through 12. That puts enrollment 80% below the 410-student average for high schools in Kansas.
Otis-Bison counts 3 schools and 172 students, including Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School.
Of every 100 students at Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School, about 81 are White. After that, the student body is 10% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. A diversity index of 32% means there is a 32% chance two randomly chosen students at Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School are from different groups.
For every teacher at Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School, there are about 7.3 students; the school has 11.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Kansas, 11.9:1, is higher. There are 37 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 46% of enrollment. That is in line with the 44% average for public schools in Rush County.
Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 73% of Kansas public high schools.
Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 34.7% is 5.6 points below the 40.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Rush County show that the median household earns about $59,970 a year, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Rush County, 6 public schools serve about 421 students.
Otis Bison Academy is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School, there are 2 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School ranks 3rd of 7 on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 20 students, from 101 to 81.
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Rush County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,947
Census ACS
Median income
$59,970
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
421 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Otis-Bison
- Otis-Bison ElementaryElementary · 73 students
- Otis Bison AcademyHigh · 18 students
Other schools in Otis
- Otis-Bison ElementaryElementary · 73 students
- Otis Bison AcademyHigh · 18 students
Nearby schools
- Otis Bison Academy0.0 mi · 18
- Otis-Bison Elementary0.1 mi · 73
- La Crosse Middle School13.6 mi · 37
- La Crosse High13.6 mi · 87
- La Crosse Elementary13.9 mi · 125
- Hoisington Middle14.8 mi · 158
Frequently asked questions
About Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High SchoolHow large is Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School?
Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School enrolls approximately 81 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School serve?
Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School is approximately 7.3:1 (11 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School?
At Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School, the student body is approximately 81% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Two or more.
Is Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School public or private?
Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Otis-Bison.
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