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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Paola High this year?
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Enrollment
567
High
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAOLA·NCES 201050000779
Paola High
401 N Angela, Paola, KS 66071 · (913) 294-8010 · Miami County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL567 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% 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.
- 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
14.2:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
177 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 | 136 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 160 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 148 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 123 | 22% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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 Paola. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
43.7%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
32.9%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 | 43.7% | 32.9% |
| 2023-24 | 33.8% | 17.6% |
% 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
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 47% 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 Paola High
Paola High's state test result (32.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paola High this school | 567 | 31.2% | 32.2% |
| Mulvane High Mulvane | 540 | 33.0% | 30.0% |
| Eudora High School Eudora | 558 | 31.2% | 30.3% |
| Circle High Towanda | 604 | 30.5% | 26.6% |
| Tonganoxie High Tonganoxie | 620 | 32.4% | 22.7% |
| Buhler High Buhler | 674 | 34.1% | 29.4% |
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 Paola High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #99 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #146 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #90 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 567 | #79 of 332 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #107 of 172 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.3% | #144 of 172 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.2% | #206 of 263 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.8% | #31 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
567
-23 (-4%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 500
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 567 | 40 | 14.2:1 | 31% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 589 | 34 | 17.3:1 | 33% (193) |
| 2022-23 | 558 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 29% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 590 | 38 | 15.5:1 | 27% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 643 | 40.7 | 15.8:1 | 30% (191) |
| 2015-16 | 611 | 39 | 15.7:1 | 33% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 648 | 40 | 16.2:1 | 26% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 711 | 45 | 15.8:1 | 12% (82) |
| 1990-91 | 500 | 36 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paola High.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (643 to 567); teachers down 2% (40.7 to 40).
About Paola High
Paola High, a mid-sized high school, is located in Paola, Kansas. The school counted 567 students in 2024-25, covering grades 9 through 12. The school is 38% bigger than the average for high schools in Kansas.
Paola, which runs Paola High, has 4 schools and 1,732 students.
The share of students at Paola High who are White is 88%. Other groups include 7% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Miami County residents are about 90% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 21, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 40 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. Statewide, high schools in Kansas average 11.9:1. Income data for the school show 31% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Paola High lands at B-, ahead of 53% of Kansas public high schools.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Paola High is among the bottom 10% of schools in Kansas. Predicted: 47.3%. Actual: 32.2%.
The county, Miami County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $89,000, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 17, with about 6,529 students.
Paola High's nearest public school is Sunflower Elem (about 0.1 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Paola High ranks 3rd of 6 on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Paola High's location as Town: Distant.
In 2020-21, Paola High enrolled 590 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 567. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.2:1) than in 2020-21 (15.5:1).
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Miami County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,938
Census ACS
Median income
$89,000
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
6,529 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Paola
- Paola MiddleMiddle · 413 students
- Cottonwood ElemElementary · 379 students
- Sunflower ElemElementary · 373 students
Other schools in Paola
- Paola MiddleMiddle · 413 students
- Cottonwood ElemElementary · 379 students
- Sunflower ElemElementary · 373 students
Nearby schools
- Sunflower Elem0.1 mi · 373
- Paola Middle0.3 mi · 413
- Cottonwood Elem0.3 mi · 379
- Osawatomie Middle School7.2 mi · 195
- Osawatomie Virtual School7.7 mi · 18
- Osawatomie High7.7 mi · 295
Frequently asked questions
About Paola HighWhat is the total enrollment at Paola High?
Paola High enrolls approximately 567 students in grades 09-12.
Is Paola High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Paola High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Paola High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Paola High is approximately 14.2:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Paola High?
Student demographics at Paola High are roughly 88% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Paola High in?
Paola High is part of Paola.
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