Pike Valley Jr High

Pike Valley Jr High, a minimally staffed 6-8 campus in Scandia, Kansas, operated by Pike Valley, hosts 30 students, covering grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 93% below the state mean of about 402.

Pike Valley Jr High is one of 3 schools operated by Pike Valley, a district that works with 244 students overall.

On demographics, Pike Valley Jr High reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). The remainder breaks down as 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Pike Valley Jr High tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Republic County's rate of about 53%.

After controlling for student poverty, Pike Valley Jr High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.6%, the actual is 48.0%, a residual of +3.4 points.

In the area at large, Republic County reports that median household earnings sit near $56,833, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Republic County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 762 students), of which Pike Valley Jr High is one.

Pike Valley High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pike Valley Jr High ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.5%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Pike Valley Jr High's enrollment has fell 30% since 2018, when it stood at 43 (now 30). Class-load math has fell: from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 7.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Pike Valley Jr High typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.