Rose Hill Intermediate

Set in Rose Hill, Kansas, Rose Hill Intermediate is an average-sized primary school, part of Rose Hill Public Schools. It enrolls 328 students across grades 3 through 5.

Rose Hill Public Schools comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,715 students; Rose Hill Intermediate is among them.

In terms of who attends, Rose Hill Intermediate lists that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to Butler County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 36% of students at Rose Hill Intermediate qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Rose Hill Intermediate tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.6%.

In the area at large, census data for Butler County shows median household earnings sit near $81,610, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Butler County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,052 students), of which Rose Hill Intermediate is one.

Nearest neighbor: Rose Hill Primary, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Rose Hill Intermediate comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Rose Hill Intermediate's enrollment has ticked down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 369 (now 328). Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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