Enrollment
59
High
DISTRICT 71 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTEZUMA·NCES 200963000783
South Gray High
200 W. Cortez Street, Montezuma, KS 67867 · (620) 846-2281 · Gray County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL59 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
5.9:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.0:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
24 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
35.0%
KS avg 44.5% . +23.0pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
KS avg 38.8% . -6.0pp since 2023
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 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 23 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
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
15.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-27.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
59
-5 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
5.9:1
was 6.0:1
% White
66%
was 78%
% Hispanic
32%
was 22%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About South Gray High
South Gray High is a four-year high school of one-room-style scale in Montezuma, Kansas, overseen by Montezuma, works with 59 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 410 students per school, that is 86% smaller than typical.
Montezuma runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 142 students. South Gray High is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, South Gray High records that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 32% Hispanic. By comparison, Gray County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.9:1. The state averages around 11.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), South Gray High is in the bottom 10% of Kansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 42.7%; South Gray High posts 15.5%, -27.2 points below that line.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Gray County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $79,122 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. South Gray High is one of 9 public schools in Gray County (combined enrollment of about 1,002 students).
Montezuma Elem is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts South Gray High at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.4%.
South Gray High operates from a low-density location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 8%: 64 students in 2018 compared to 59 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 78% to 66%.
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Gray County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,701
Census ACS
Median income
$79,122
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,002 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montezuma
- Montezuma ElemElementary · 83 students
- South Gray Community Learning CenterCombined
Other schools in Montezuma
- Montezuma ElemElementary · 83 students
- South Gray Community Learning CenterCombined
Nearby schools
- Montezuma Elem0.0 mi · 83
- South Gray Jr High10.9 mi · 21
- Copeland Elem10.9 mi · 51
- Cimarron Elem15.9 mi · 312
- Cimarron High16.0 mi · 251
- Ingalls Elem16.1 mi · 111
Frequently asked questions
About South Gray HighWhat is the total enrollment at South Gray High?
South Gray High enrolls approximately 59 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does South Gray High serve?
South Gray High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at South Gray High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at South Gray High is approximately 5.9:1 (10 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at South Gray High?
At South Gray High, the student body is approximately 66% White, 32% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees South Gray High?
South Gray High is overseen by Montezuma in Gray County.
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