St Francis High

St Francis High is a close-knit high school in St Francis, Kansas, operated by St Francis Comm Sch. The school educates 164 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 60% leaner than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 410 students.

St Francis Comm Sch comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 297 students; St Francis High is among them.

On demographics, St Francis High shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%); the rest consists of 15% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, St Francis High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.5%, the actual is 33.4%, a residual of -3.1 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Cheyenne County put median household income runs about $55,429, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Cheyenne County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 461 students), of which St Francis High is one.

Nearest neighbor: St Francis Elem, around 0.2 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts St Francis High at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 41.3%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at St Francis High has rose 11%, going from 148 students in 2018 to 164 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 10% to 15% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 8.1:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.