Rose Hill High

Rose Hill High is a secondary school of mid-sized scale in Rose Hill, Kansas, one of the schools within Rose Hill Public Schools, hosting 608 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 410 students each, so Rose Hill High sits 48% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in Rose Hill Public Schools (1,715 students total), Rose Hill High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Rose Hill High logs that White students make up the majority at 79%; the rest breaks down as 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Rose Hill High has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Rose Hill High higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 22% of students at Rose Hill High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Butler County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Rose Hill High is in the bottom 10% of Kansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 51.7%; Rose Hill High posts 23.1%, -28.5 points below that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Butler County put the typical household earns roughly $81,610 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Rose Hill High is one of 42 public schools in Butler County (combined enrollment of about 18,052 students).

Rose Hill Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rose Hill High at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 40.1%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 12%: 541 students in 2018 compared to 608 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 89% to 79% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.