Spearville Jr/Sr High

Set in Spearville, Kansas, Spearville Jr/Sr High is a cozy senior high, one of the schools within Spearville. It teaches 177 students across grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 410 students each, so Spearville Jr/Sr High sits 57% leaner than that benchmark.

Spearville runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 373 students. Spearville Jr/Sr High is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Spearville Jr/Sr High lists that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 47%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Ford County (around 80%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Spearville Jr/Sr High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Ford County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,781, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Ford County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,836 students), of which Spearville Jr/Sr High is one.

The closest other public school is Spearville Elem, roughly 0.2 miles away. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Spearville Jr/Sr High ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 31.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Spearville Jr/Sr High has decreased 3%, going from 182 students in 2018 to 177 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 90% to 82%. Class-load math has rose: from 9.8:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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