Republic County Jr./Sr. High School

Republic County Jr./Sr. High School is a small high school in Belleville, Kansas, one of the schools within Republic County. The school serves 245 students in grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 40% smaller than the state mean of about 410.

Within Republic County, which oversees 2 schools and 518 students, Republic County Jr./Sr. High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Republic County Jr./Sr. High School records that nearly all students (86%) are White. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Republic County Jr./Sr. High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.2%; this one delivers 29.8%.

In the area at large, census data for Republic County shows median household income runs about $56,833, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Republic County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 762 students), Republic County Jr./Sr. High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Belleville East Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Republic County Jr./Sr. High School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 8%: 265 students in 2018 compared to 245 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 93% to 86% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.