Pauline South Intermediate

Pauline South Intermediate is one of the small junior highs in Wakarusa, Kansas, one of the schools within Auburn-Washburn, with 277 students on its rolls from grades 4 through 6. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 402 students each, so Pauline South Intermediate sits 31% leaner than that benchmark.

Auburn-Washburn comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 5,866 students; Pauline South Intermediate is among them.

Demographically, Pauline South Intermediate records that 65% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 9% Black. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 69% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Shawnee County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, Pauline South Intermediate performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.2%, the actual is 29.0%, a residual of -0.2 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Shawnee County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $67,104 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Pauline South Intermediate is one of 54 public schools in Shawnee County (combined enrollment of about 26,294 students).

Pauline Central Primary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pauline South Intermediate. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pauline South Intermediate at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 33.1%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pauline South Intermediate has edged down 19%, going from 340 students in 2018 to 277 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 65% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

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