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Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School

100 N 8th Street, Atwood, KS 67730 · (785) 626-3289 · Rawlins County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL151 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Kansas public high schools
  • A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • A-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

Enrollment
151
High
DISTRICT 181 · STATE 410
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
55 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 71812%
Grade 82819%
Grade 93020%
Grade 102215%
Grade 112919%
Grade 122416%
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 58% · US 70%
White
13388%
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
1611%
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 23% · US 30%
Two+
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
8456%
Female
6744%

School pathway

Feeds from
Rawlins County ElementaryPK–06
Based on grade levels within Rawlins County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + Exceeding
English Language Arts
41.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
43.7%
KS avg 38.8%

What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 41 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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2541.3%43.7%
2023-2424.2%25.3%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School

Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School this school15136.4%39.6%
Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High
Canton
17436.8%23.6%
Marion High
Marion
15938.4%28.8%
Ellinwood High
Ellinwood
14639.7%23.6%
Trego Community High
WaKeeney
11338.9%28.9%
Chase County Junior Senior High School
Cottonwood Falls
19236.5%36.1%
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 Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Kansas
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
39.6%#42 of 262
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
43.7%#72 of 262
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
41.3%#102 of 262
Enrollment
ranked largest first
151#213 of 332
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
36.4%#179 of 263
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 2024-25
Enrollment
151
+5 (+3%) vs 2020
-3% since 2010-11, when it was 155
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
was 9.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2515117.18.8:136% (55)
2023-2416814.911.3:140% (67)
2022-23176N/AN/A43% (75)
2020-21146159.7:150% (73)
2017-18135159.0:154% (73)
2015-16144197.6:147% (67)
2010-111551411.1:148% (74)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School.

Since 2017-18: students up 12% (135 to 151); teachers up 14% (15 to 17.1).

About Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School

Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School is a high school with a street address in Atwood, Kansas. It enrolls 151 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 7 through 12. It has 63% fewer students than the average for high schools in Kansas (about 410).

In Rawlins County, 2 schools enroll a combined 361 students.

White students account for 88% of the school's enrollment. It is also 11% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 21, compared with 70 nationally.

Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School lists 17.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 8.8 students per teacher. Across high schools in Kansas, the average ratio is 11.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 36% of the student body.

On the allk12 Grade, Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School lands at A, ahead of 85% of Kansas public high schools.

Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School scores 39.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 44.8%.

In Rawlins County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $67,742 a year, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Rawlins County number 2, with about 361 students.

About 0.3 miles separate Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School from the closest public school, Rawlins County Elementary. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 38.8%; Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School's is 39.6%, ranking 5th of 9.

Federal data place Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School in the Rural: Remote locale, which means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School had a net gain of 5 students, or 3%.

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Rawlins County at a glance

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Population
2,516
Census ACS
Median income
$67,742
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2
361 students

Quick facts

School name
Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School
District
Rawlins County
Address
100 N 8th Street, Atwood, KS 67730
Phone
(785) 626-3289
County
Rawlins County
Level
High
Grade range
07–12
Total enrollment
151
Teachers (FTE)
17
Student–teacher ratio
8.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
55 (36%)
Locale
43-Rural: Remote
NCES ID
200002300580
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School
What is the total enrollment at Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School?
Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School enrolls approximately 151 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School serve?
Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School is approximately 8.8:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School?
Student demographics at Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School are roughly 88% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
What district is Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School in?
Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School is part of Rawlins County.
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