Enrollment
328
High
DISTRICT 238 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RUSSELL COUNTY·NCES 201131000945
Russell Junior-Senior High
565 State Street, Russell, KS 67665 · (785) 483-5631 · Russell County
GRADES 07–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL328 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of Kansas public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
10.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
165 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 7 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 68 | 21% |
| Grade 9 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 48 | 15% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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 Russell County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
30.1%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
24.7%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 | 30.1% | 24.7% |
| 2023-24 | 11.7% | 20.0% |
% 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
18.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 38% 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 Russell Junior-Senior High
Russell Junior-Senior High's state test result (18.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Junior-Senior High this school | 328 | 50.3% | 18.3% |
| Council Grove Junior Senior High School Council Grove | 368 | 51.1% | 38.9% |
| Fredonia Jr./Sr. High School Fredonia | 314 | 49.7% | 21.4% |
| Central Heights High Richmond | 300 | 52.7% | 34.8% |
| Bluestem Jr/Sr High Leon | 241 | 47.7% | 27.7% |
| Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High School Medicine Lodge | 224 | 50.0% | 32.1% |
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 Russell Junior-Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #231 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #207 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #202 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 328 | #113 of 332 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #21 of 172 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.2% | #122 of 172 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.3% | #97 of 263 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +32.3% | #7 of 75 |
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
328
+102 (+45%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 258
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 328 | 32.4 | 10.1:1 | 50% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 214 | 23.2 | 9.2:1 | 57% (123) |
| 2022-23 | 207 | 17.5 | 11.8:1 | 55% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 226 | 20 | 11.3:1 | 50% (114) |
| 2017-18 | 248 | 22.3 | 11.1:1 | 50% (124) |
| 2015-16 | 236 | 25 | 9.4:1 | 45% (106) |
| 2010-11 | 280 | 24 | 11.7:1 | 50% (141) |
| 2000-01 | 279 | 27 | 10.3:1 | 27% (75) |
| 1990-91 | 258 | 24 | 10.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Russell Junior-Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students up 32% (248 to 328); teachers up 45% (22.3 to 32.4).
About Russell Junior-Senior High
Russell Junior-Senior High is a high school located in Russell, Kansas, in Russell County. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 328 students in grades 7 through 12.
Russell Junior-Senior High sits within Russell County, which has 4 schools and 950 students.
The student body at Russell Junior-Senior High is 86% White. Other groups make up 7% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 25%, meaning two students picked at random have a 25% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.1:1, with 32.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.7 students per teacher below the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 50% of enrollment. That tracks the 50% average for public schools in Russell County.
allk12 grades Russell Junior-Senior High a D. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Russell Junior-Senior High is a bottom-10% school in Kansas on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 18.3% against a predicted 38.1%.
In Russell County (population about 6,679), the median household income is $62,392, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. There are 5 public schools in Russell County, enrolling about 1,075 students in all.
The closest public school, Ruppenthal Middle, is about 0.4 miles from Russell Junior-Senior High. Other public schools within five miles: 3. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Russell Junior-Senior High ranks 6th of 6 on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Russell Junior-Senior High is coded Town: Remote, for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
The school's enrollment figures are 226 for 2020-21 and 328 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.3:1 in 2020-21, and 10.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Russell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
6,679
Census ACS
Median income
$62,392
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,075 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Russell County
- Bickerdyke ElemElementary · 261 students
- Ruppenthal MiddleMiddle · 188 students
- Simpson ElemElementary · 173 students
Other schools in Russell
- Bickerdyke ElemElementary · 261 students
- Ruppenthal MiddleMiddle · 188 students
- Simpson ElemElementary · 173 students
Nearby schools
- Ruppenthal Middle0.4 mi · 188
- Simpson Elem0.5 mi · 173
- Bickerdyke Elem0.6 mi · 261
- Victoria Junior-Senior High School15.9 mi · 110
- Victoria Elementary16.2 mi · 153
- Lucas/Sylvan Elementary Unified20.7 mi · 125
Frequently asked questions
About Russell Junior-Senior HighHow large is Russell Junior-Senior High?
Russell Junior-Senior High enrolls approximately 328 students in grades 07-12.
Is Russell Junior-Senior High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Russell Junior-Senior High is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at Russell Junior-Senior High?
Approximately 10.1:1 students per teacher at Russell Junior-Senior High.
How diverse is Russell Junior-Senior High?
Russell Junior-Senior High reports a student body of 86% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% Two or more.
Is Russell Junior-Senior High public or private?
Russell Junior-Senior High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Russell County.
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