Pittsburg High

Pittsburg High is a senior high of expansive scale in Pittsburg, Kansas, run under Pittsburg, instructing 1,033 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 152% bigger than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 410 students.

Across the 6 schools in Pittsburg (3,375 students total), Pittsburg High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Pittsburg High lists that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 22% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Pittsburg High higher than the state norm the norm. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Pittsburg High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.1%; this one delivers 21.8%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Crawford County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $52,844 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Pittsburg High is one of 17 public schools in Crawford County (combined enrollment of about 6,146 students).

The closest other public school is Meadowlark Elementary, roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Pittsburg High comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 38.5%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 11%: 930 students in 2018 compared to 1,033 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 71% to 61% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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