Salina High Central

Salina High Central operates as a large senior high in Salina, Kansas, operated by Salina. Current enrollment sits at 934 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 128% bigger than the state mean of about 410.

Across the 13 schools in Salina (6,441 students total), Salina High Central accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Salina High Central records that 62% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 22% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Salina High Central has 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Salina High Central higher than the state norm the norm. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Salina High Central sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.1%; this one delivers 20.9%.

In the surrounding community, Saline County reports that median household earnings sit near $65,422, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Saline County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,580 students), Salina High Central is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Heusner Elem, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Salina High Central comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 32.9%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Salina High Central has contracted 8%, going from 1,020 students in 2018 to 934 in 2025.

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