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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