Enrollment
308
High
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA FE TRAIL·NCES 201041001057
Santa Fe Trail High
15701 S California Ave, Carbondale, KS 66414 · (800) 836-9525 · Osage County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL308 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% 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.
- FBeats 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
11.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
142 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 9 | 85 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 78 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 82 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 57 | 19% |
| Ungraded | 6 | 2% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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 Santa Fe Trail. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
21.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
18.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 | 21.0% | 18.4% |
| 2023-24 | 17.3% | 6.2% |
% 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
17.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.1%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% 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 Santa Fe Trail High
Santa Fe Trail High's state test result (17.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe Trail High this school | 308 | 46.1% | 17.1% |
| Bluestem Jr/Sr High Leon | 241 | 47.7% | 27.7% |
| Beloit Jr-Sr High Beloit | 336 | 45.8% | 31.8% |
| Girard High Girard | 284 | 44.0% | 36.0% |
| Marysville Jr/Sr High Marysville | 364 | 45.1% | 32.2% |
| Hoisington High Hoisington | 225 | 47.1% | 17.6% |
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 Santa Fe Trail High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #237 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #233 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #248 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 308 | #120 of 332 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #63 of 172 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.0% | #137 of 172 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.1% | #117 of 263 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #41 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
308
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 342
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 308 | 25.9 | 11.9:1 | 46% (142) |
| 2023-24 | 323 | 19.3 | 16.7:1 | 43% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 308 | 22.3 | 13.8:1 | 44% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 306 | 22 | 13.9:1 | 43% (131) |
| 2017-18 | 340 | 21.5 | 15.8:1 | 41% (140) |
| 2015-16 | 317 | 24 | 13.2:1 | 49% (154) |
| 2010-11 | 343 | 24 | 14.3:1 | 36% (122) |
| 2000-01 | 440 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 24% (105) |
| 1990-91 | 342 | 24 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Santa Fe Trail High.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (340 to 308); teachers up 20% (21.5 to 25.9).
About Santa Fe Trail High
Santa Fe Trail High is a small high school based in Carbondale, Kansas. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 308 students. The average for high schools in Kansas is about 410 students, so this school is 25% smaller than average.
Santa Fe Trail has 1,009 students spread across 3 schools.
At Santa Fe Trail High, White students make up 87% of the student body. It is also 7% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Santa Fe Trail High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 23%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.9:1, with 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. High schools in Kansas average about 11.9:1, a similar figure. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 46% of enrollment. That is close to the 48% average for public schools in Osage County.
The allk12 Grade for Santa Fe Trail High is F. Compared with Kansas public high schools, the school scored higher than 2% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Santa Fe Trail High falls short of its prediction by 23.0 points. The model expects 40.1% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Kansas; the school's rate is 17.1%.
Census estimates describe Osage County this way: median household income is about $74,467, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Osage County number 13 and enroll about 2,587.
Of nearby public schools, Carbondale Attendance Center is the closest, at about 3.5 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Santa Fe Trail High comes in 9th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Santa Fe Trail High's location as Rural: Distant.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (306) to 2024-25 (308). The school's ratio fell from 13.9:1 to 11.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Osage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,744
Census ACS
Median income
$74,467
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
2,587 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Santa Fe Trail
- Carbondale Attendance CenterMiddle · 370 students
- Overbrook Attendance CenterElementary · 331 students
Nearby schools
- Carbondale Attendance Center3.5 mi · 370
- Overbrook Attendance Center5.0 mi · 331
- Burlingame Junior/Senior High10.2 mi · 151
- Burlingame Elementary10.2 mi · 142
- Berryton Elem11.2 mi · 560
- Pauline South Intermediate11.4 mi · 277
Frequently asked questions
About Santa Fe Trail HighHow many students attend Santa Fe Trail High?
Santa Fe Trail High enrolls approximately 308 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Santa Fe Trail High serve?
Santa Fe Trail High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Santa Fe Trail High have?
Santa Fe Trail High employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Santa Fe Trail High?
Student demographics at Santa Fe Trail High are roughly 87% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Santa Fe Trail High public or private?
Santa Fe Trail High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Santa Fe Trail.
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