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Enrollment
415
High
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCK CREEK·NCES 200000401708
Rock Creek High School
9355 Flush Road, St George, KS 66535 · (785) 494-8591 · Pottawatomie County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Kansas public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
98 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 51%
Community
4
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 108 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 108 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 111 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 88 | 21% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 58% · US 70%
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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Rock Creek. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
54.7%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
41.7%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.7% | 41.7% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 27.8% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Rock Creek High School
Rock Creek High School's state test result (33.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Creek High School this school | 415 | 23.6% | 33.7% |
| Silver Lake Jr-Sr High Silver Lake | 355 | 20.8% | 47.4% |
| Hesston High Hesston | 274 | 23.7% | 34.8% |
| Wamego High Wamego | 504 | 27.8% | 27.9% |
| Baldwin High School Baldwin City | 437 | 27.7% | 36.1% |
| Cheney High Cheney | 235 | 20.9% | 44.0% |
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 Rock Creek High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #85 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #88 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #24 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #97 of 332 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #99 of 172 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.5% | #147 of 172 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.6% | #239 of 263 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #65 of 100 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
415
+110 (+36%) vs 2020
+15% since 2000-01, when it was 360
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 415 | 30.1 | 13.8:1 | 24% (98) |
| 2023-24 | 389 | 26.2 | 14.9:1 | 30% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 379 | 24 | 15.8:1 | 29% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 305 | 22 | 13.9:1 | 21% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 436 | 31.4 | 13.9:1 | 24% (105) |
| 2015-16 | 425 | 34 | 12.5:1 | 29% (123) |
| 2010-11 | 367 | 28 | 13.1:1 | 27% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 360 | 30 | 12.0:1 | 20% (71) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rock Creek High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (436 to 415); teachers down 4% (31.4 to 30.1).
About Rock Creek High School
This page covers Rock Creek High School, a medium-sized high school in St George, Kansas. Enrolled students number 415 students, in grades 9 through 12.
The district, Rock Creek, operates 4 schools serving 1,330 students.
White students make up 89% of enrollment at Rock Creek High School. The remaining shares are 7% Hispanic. The White share in Pottawatomie County as a whole is similar, at about 89%. Rock Creek High School's diversity index is 20%, against a US figure of 70%.
Rock Creek High School employs 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.8:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas. Rock Creek High School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 24%.
allk12 grades Rock Creek High School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
After accounting for student poverty, Rock Creek High School is in the bottom 10% of Kansas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.7% is 17.2 points below the 50.9% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Census estimates describe Pottawatomie County this way: the median household income is $92,325, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. In all, Pottawatomie County has 16 public schools and roughly 4,283 students.
Rock Creek Middle School is located less than a tenth of a mile from Rock Creek High School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Rock Creek High School ranks 9th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Rock Creek High School is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, Rock Creek High School's enrollment climbed 36%, to 415.
Community posts for Rock Creek High School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Pottawatomie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,204
Census ACS
Median income
$92,325
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
4,283 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rock Creek
- Rock Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 415 students
- St George ElemElementary · 374 students
- Westmoreland ElemElementary · 126 students
Other Rock Creek High schools
One other US public school is named Rock Creek High. Rock Creek High School is the largest of the 2.
- Rock Creek High SchoolBokchito, OK · 130 students
Nearby schools
- Rock Creek Middle School0.1 mi · 415
- Westmoreland Elem6.3 mi · 126
- Oliver Brown Elementary6.8 mi · 338
- St George Elem7.3 mi · 374
- Wamego Middle School8.8 mi · 385
- Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School9.2 mi · 730
Frequently asked questions
About Rock Creek High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Rock Creek High School?
Rock Creek High School enrolls approximately 415 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Rock Creek High School serve?
Rock Creek High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Rock Creek High School have?
Rock Creek High School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Rock Creek High School?
Student demographics at Rock Creek High School are roughly 89% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Rock Creek High School in?
Rock Creek High School is part of Rock Creek.
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