Enrollment
310
High
DISTRICT 192 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KISMET-PLAINS·NCES 200819001300
Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High
17222 Mustang Road, Kismet, KS 67859 · (620) 563-7292 · Seward County
GRADES 06–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL310 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% 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.
- BBeats 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
11.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
228 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 6 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 51 | 16% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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 Kismet-Plains. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
29.1%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
19.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 29 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 | 29.1% | 19.4% |
| 2023-24 | 11.9% | 6.9% |
% 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
17.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High
Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High's state test result (17.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High this school | 310 | 73.5% | 17.8% |
| Ulysses High Ulysses | 438 | 71.2% | 21.5% |
| Syracuse High Syracuse | 230 | 64.8% | 29.6% |
| Satanta Jr-Sr High Satanta | 114 | 74.6% | 21.8% |
| Deerfield High Deerfield | 72 | 68.1% | 10.1% |
| Lyons High School Lyons | 221 | 73.3% | 19.1% |
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 Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #233 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #230 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #207 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 310 | #119 of 332 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #38 of 172 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.3% | #55 of 172 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.5% | #18 of 263 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #46 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
310
-11 (-3%) vs 2020
+97% since 1990-91, when it was 157
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 310 | 28.3 | 11.0:1 | 74% (228) |
| 2023-24 | 309 | 25.4 | 12.2:1 | 75% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 322 | 27.9 | 11.5:1 | 71% (228) |
| 2020-21 | 321 | 28 | 11.5:1 | 74% (237) |
| 2017-18 | 338 | 32.9 | 10.3:1 | 78% (262) |
| 2015-16 | 354 | 34 | 10.4:1 | 76% (269) |
| 2010-11 | 351 | 30 | 11.7:1 | 69% (243) |
| 2000-01 | 309 | 26 | 11.9:1 | 42% (129) |
| 1990-91 | 157 | 16 | 9.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (338 to 310); teachers down 14% (32.9 to 28.3).
About Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High
Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High is classified as a high school. It is located in Kismet, Kansas. The school covers grades 6 through 12 and reported 310 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 24% below the 410-student average for high schools in Kansas.
Kismet-Plains oversees Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High and 2 other schools, with 575 students in total.
More than half of the students at Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High are Hispanic (63%). The rest of enrollment is 34% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High scores 48%.
Staffing at Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High comes to 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.0:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Kansas is 11.9:1. Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High counts 74% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 12 points below the 86% average for public schools in Seward County.
Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 30% of Kansas public high schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 17.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 27.0%.
Census data for Seward County show median household income comes to about $63,827, about 11% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 10 public schools in the county, enrolling about 5,115, Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Kismet Elem, is about 3.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles: 2. On average proficiency, Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High is 5th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: Rural: Remote. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 310, down from 321 in 2020-21.
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Seward County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,486
Census ACS
Median income
$63,827
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
11%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
5,115 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kismet-Plains
- Kismet ElemElementary · 152 students
- Plains ElemElementary · 113 students
Nearby schools
- Kismet Elem3.4 mi · 152
- Plains Elem3.8 mi · 113
- Meade Elem17.6 mi · 243
- Meade High17.8 mi · 87
- Meadowlark Elementary School19.2 mi · 362
- MacArthur Elementary School19.6 mi · 386
Frequently asked questions
About Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr HighWhat is the total enrollment at Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High?
Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High enrolls approximately 310 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High serve?
Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High have?
Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
How diverse is Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High?
Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High reports a student body of 34% White, 63% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High public or private?
Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kismet-Plains.
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