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What's one thing Salina High South gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,046
High
DISTRICT 677 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALINA·NCES 201137000522
Salina High South
730 E Magnolia Rd, Salina, KS 67401 · (785) 309-3700 · Saline County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,046 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Kansas public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
14.8:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
580 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 9 | 268 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 260 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 271 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 247 | 24% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
34.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
30.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 | 34.8% | 30.4% |
| 2023-24 | 30.9% | 15.1% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Salina High South
Salina High South's state test result (29.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salina High South this school | 1,046 | 55.4% | 29.3% |
| Campus High Haysville Wichita | 1,803 | 51.0% | 19.8% |
| Newton Sr High Newton | 932 | 51.7% | 18.5% |
| Shawnee Mission North High Overland Park | 1,502 | 53.7% | 31.7% |
| Salina High Central Salina | 934 | 58.7% | 20.9% |
| Arkansas City High Arkansas City | 885 | 51.0% | 14.6% |
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 Salina High South ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #128 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #161 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #162 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,046 | #48 of 332 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #128 of 172 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.6% | #22 of 172 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.4% | #67 of 263 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #96 of 100 |
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
1,046
-47 (-4%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 930
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 1,046 | 70.8 | 14.8:1 | 55% (580) |
| 2023-24 | 1,064 | 72.2 | 14.8:1 | 56% (598) |
| 2022-23 | 1,102 | 73.9 | 14.9:1 | 54% (592) |
| 2020-21 | 1,093 | 75 | 14.6:1 | 54% (594) |
| 2017-18 | 1,054 | 84.3 | 12.5:1 | 53% (555) |
| 2015-16 | 1,057 | 83 | 12.7:1 | 53% (564) |
| 2010-11 | 1,160 | 73 | 15.9:1 | 45% (522) |
| 2000-01 | 1,182 | 76 | 15.6:1 | 20% (239) |
| 1990-91 | 930 | 57 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Salina High South.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (1,054 to 1,046); teachers down 16% (84.3 to 70.8).
About Salina High South
Salina, Kansas, is home to Salina High South, a high-enrollment high school. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 1,046 students. Against the 410-student average for high schools in Kansas, enrollment here is 155% higher.
A total of 13 schools make up Salina, with 6,441 students enrolled.
Roughly 51% of students at Salina High South are White. Other groups make up 33% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 2% Black. County-wide, 82% of Saline County residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Salina High South operates with 70.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.8:1. That is 2.9 students per teacher above the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 55%. For comparison, public schools in Saline County average 58%.
Salina High South is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 65% of Kansas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Salina High South would be expected to post about 35.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 29.3%.
Across Saline County, the median household income is $65,422, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. In all, Saline County has 17 public schools and roughly 7,580 students.
Coronado Elem is located about 0.5 miles from Salina High South. The five-mile area around Salina High South holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 35.0% proficiency; Salina High South posts 29.3%.
Salina High South is coded as Town: Remote in federal locale data.
Enrollment has fallen by 47 students since 2020-21, to 1,046.
The Salina High South community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Saline County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
53,668
Census ACS
Median income
$65,422
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
7,580 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Salina
- Salina High CentralHigh · 934 students
- Salina South MiddleMiddle · 782 students
- Lakewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 647 students
- Meadowlark Ridge ElemElementary · 431 students
- Stewart ElemElementary · 406 students
- Heusner ElemElementary · 392 students
Other schools in Salina
- Salina High CentralHigh · 934 students
- Salina South MiddleMiddle · 782 students
- Lakewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 647 students
- Meadowlark Ridge ElemElementary · 431 students
- Stewart ElemElementary · 406 students
- Heusner ElemElementary · 392 students
Nearby schools
- Coronado Elem0.5 mi · 389
- Stewart Elem0.6 mi · 406
- Salina South Middle0.9 mi · 782
- Heusner Elem1.4 mi · 392
- Schilling Elem1.7 mi · 376
- Salina High Central2.0 mi · 934
Frequently asked questions
About Salina High SouthHow large is Salina High South?
Salina High South enrolls approximately 1,046 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Salina High South serve?
Salina High South serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Salina High South have?
Salina High South employs 71 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Salina High South?
Student demographics at Salina High South are roughly 51% White, 33% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Salina High South in?
Salina High South is part of Salina.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.