Enrollment
175
High
DISTRICT 181 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCK HILLS·NCES 200002901837
Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School
710 E. Madison, Mankato, KS 66956 · (785) 378-3126 · Jewell County
GRADES 06–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL175 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% 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.
- ABeats 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
12.8:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
97 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 22 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 25 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 33 | 19% |
| Grade 9 | 28 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 18 | 10% |
| Grade 11 | 22 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 27 | 15% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
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KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
34.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
43.2%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 | 34.6% | 43.2% |
| 2023-24 | 23.3% | 24.3% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School
Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School this school | 175 | 55.4% | 33.0% |
| Lincoln Jr/Sr High Lincoln | 181 | 58.0% | 41.3% |
| Yates Center High Yates Center | 181 | 57.5% | 25.8% |
| Washington County High School Washington | 163 | 58.3% | 24.6% |
| Decatur Community Jr/Sr High Oberlin | 144 | 55.6% | 25.1% |
| Republic County Jr./Sr. High School Belleville | 245 | 52.2% | 29.8% |
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 Hills Jr/Sr High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #92 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #76 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #164 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 175 | #194 of 332 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.4% | #68 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 2024-25Enrollment
175
+6 (+4%) vs 2020
+38% since 2010-11, when it was 127
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 175 | 13.7 | 12.8:1 | 55% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 178 | 15.1 | 11.8:1 | 54% (96) |
| 2022-23 | 186 | 13.4 | 13.9:1 | 54% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 169 | 14 | 12.1:1 | 49% (83) |
| 2017-18 | 146 | 11.8 | 12.3:1 | 55% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 147 | N/A | N/A | 52% (77) |
| 2010-11 | 127 | 15 | 8.5:1 | 30% (38) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (146 to 175); teachers up 15% (11.8 to 13.7).
About Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School
Federal records list Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School as a high school in Mankato, Kansas. It reported 175 students in grades 6 through 12 in 2024-25. High schools in Kansas have about 410 students on average; enrollment here is 57% lower.
Rock Hills counts 2 schools and 362 students, including Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School.
White students account for 86% of the school's enrollment. Other reported shares: 9% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. A diversity index of 25% means there is a 25% chance two randomly chosen students at Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School are from different groups.
Its ratio of 12.8:1 is based on 13.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Kansas is 11.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 55% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Kansas public high schools, Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School outscored 77%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School is 35.7%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 33.0%.
American Community Survey estimates for Jewell County show that the median household earns about $52,634 a year, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Jewell County, 2 public schools serve about 362 students.
About 0.6 miles separate Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School from the closest public school, Rock Hills Elementary School. Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School's average proficiency of 33.0% compares with 36.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Remote, or in rural territory far from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 6 students, from 169 to 175.
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Jewell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,916
Census ACS
Median income
$52,634
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2
362 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Rock Hills Elementary School0.6 mi · 187
- Pike Valley Elem16.2 mi · 163
- SUPERIOR MIDDLE SCHOOL17.5 mi · 88
- SUPERIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL17.5 mi · 214
- SUPERIOR SR HIGH SCHOOL17.5 mi · 126
- Beloit Jr-Sr High22.1 mi · 336
Frequently asked questions
About Rock Hills Jr/Sr High SchoolHow many students attend Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School?
Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School enrolls approximately 175 students in grades 06-12.
Is Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School have?
Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
How diverse is Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School?
Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School reports a student body of 86% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School?
Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School is overseen by Rock Hills in Jewell County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.