Smith Center Jr Sr High

Smith Center Jr Sr High is a compact 9-12 campus in Smith Center, Kansas, run under Smith Center. The school works with 183 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 55% below the state mean of about 410.

Smith Center Jr Sr High is one of 2 schools operated by Smith Center, a district that hosts 436 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Smith Center Jr Sr High reports that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 2% Black.

On the resource side, Smith Center Jr Sr High records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Smith Center Jr Sr High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.9%, the actual is 45.2%, a residual of +7.3 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Smith County indicate the typical household earns roughly $59,135 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Smith County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 534 students), of which Smith Center Jr Sr High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Smith Center Elem, around 0.5 miles off. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Smith Center Jr Sr High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.1%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 184 students in 2018 compared to 183 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 96% to 90% across the same window.

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