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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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% . +18.4pp since 2023
Math
24.7%
KS avg 38.8% . +4.7pp since 2023
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. Reading and writing scores are up about 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
328
+80 (+32%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 11.1:1
% White
86%
was 89%
% Hispanic
7%
was 4%
% Black
0%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Russell Junior-Senior High
Russell Junior-Senior High is a 9-12 campus of low-enrollment scale in Russell, Kansas, one of the schools within Russell County, educateing 328 students in grades 7 through 12.
Within Russell County, which oversees 4 schools and 950 students, Russell Junior-Senior High is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, Russell Junior-Senior High records that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Russell Junior-Senior High has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Russell Junior-Senior High tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Russell Junior-Senior High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 38.1%; this one comes in at 18.3%, -19.8 points off the demographic line.
In the area at large, census data for Russell County shows median household income runs about $62,392, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Russell Junior-Senior High is one of 5 public schools in Russell County (combined enrollment of about 1,075 students).
Ruppenthal Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Russell Junior-Senior High at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 40.6%.
The school occupies a town-based site.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 32%: 248 students in 2018 compared to 328 in 2025.
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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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