Enrollment
152
High
DISTRICT 143 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEROKEE·NCES 200471000188
Southeast High
126 W 400 Hwy, Cherokee, KS 66724 · (620) 457-8365 · Crawford County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL152 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
7.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.2:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
96 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 | 38 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 39 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 41 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 34 | 22% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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 Cherokee. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
13.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
19.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 | 13.9% | 19.4% |
| 2023-24 | 28.6% | 19.0% |
% 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
18.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Southeast High
Southeast High's state test result (18.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast High this school | 152 | 63.2% | 18.9% |
| Marmaton Valley High Moran | 135 | 62.2% | 23.9% |
| Sedan High Sedan | 182 | 64.3% | 19.4% |
| Herington High Herington | 141 | 66.0% | 24.4% |
| South Barber 7-12 Kiowa | 87 | 63.2% | 29.0% |
| Eureka Jr/Sr High Eureka | 234 | 64.1% | 32.6% |
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 Southeast High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #226 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #229 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #258 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 152 | #212 of 332 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.2% | #37 of 263 |
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
152
-2 (-1%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 205
Student : Teacher
7.6:1
was 9.6:1
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 | 152 | 20 | 7.6:1 | 63% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 157 | 18.1 | 8.7:1 | 73% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 153 | 17.1 | 8.9:1 | 64% (98) |
| 2020-21 | 154 | 16 | 9.6:1 | 62% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 172 | 13.1 | 13.1:1 | 58% (100) |
| 2015-16 | 212 | 15 | 14.1:1 | 50% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 215 | 22 | 9.8:1 | 56% (121) |
| 2000-01 | 264 | 22 | 12.0:1 | 37% (97) |
| 1990-91 | 205 | 17 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southeast High.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (172 to 152); teachers up 53% (13.1 to 20).
About Southeast High
At 126 W 400 Hwy in Cherokee, Kansas, Southeast High operates as a small high school. Enrolled students number 152 students, in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 63% lower than the average for high schools in Kansas, which is about 410.
Besides Southeast High, Cherokee runs 2 other schools. The district enrolls 429 students.
Southeast High's enrollment is 86% White. After that, the student body is 6% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. For comparison, Crawford County is about 87% White. The school's diversity index is 25%, meaning two students picked at random have a 25% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Southeast High employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 7.6:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas. Southeast High's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 63%. That tracks the 62% average for public schools in Crawford County.
On BeatsExpectations, Southeast High is 13.1 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Kansas schools.
Census estimates describe Crawford County this way: the median household income is $52,844, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. In all, Crawford County has 17 public schools and roughly 6,146 students.
Southeast Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles of Southeast High, there are 2 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Southeast High ranks 9th on average proficiency.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 154 to 152, a small change. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 9.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 7.6:1.
The Southeast High community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Crawford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,008
Census ACS
Median income
$52,844
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
6,146 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cherokee
- Southeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 149 students
- Southeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 128 students
Other Southeast High schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Southeast High. Southeast High is the 6th largest of the 7.
- Southeast HighWichita, KS · 2,066 students
- SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLBRADENTON, FL · 1,638 students
- Southeast High SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 860 students
- SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLKANSAS CITY, MO · 498 students
- Southeast High SchoolRavenna, OH · 424 students
Nearby schools
- Southeast Middle School0.9 mi · 128
- Southeast Elementary School3.7 mi · 149
- Lakeside Elem8.1 mi · 406
- Geo E Nettels Elem8.4 mi · 343
- Westside Elem8.5 mi · 498
- Pittsburg Middle School9.2 mi · 692
Frequently asked questions
About Southeast HighHow many students attend Southeast High?
Southeast High enrolls approximately 152 students in grades 09-12.
Is Southeast High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Southeast High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Southeast High have?
Southeast High employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Southeast High?
Student demographics at Southeast High are roughly 86% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Southeast High?
Southeast High is overseen by Cherokee in Crawford County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.