St. Paul High School

St. Paul High School is a four-year high school of micro-enrollment scale in St. Paul, Kansas, run under Chetopa-St. Paul, educateing 56 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 86% smaller than the state mean of about 410.

St. Paul High School is one of 5 schools operated by Chetopa-St. Paul, a district that enrolls 396 students overall.

In terms of who attends, St. Paul High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). The remainder comes out to 7% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. Roughly 48% of students at St. Paul High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Neosho County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), St. Paul High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.9%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Neosho County put the typical household earns roughly $56,618 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. St. Paul High School is one of 10 public schools in Neosho County (combined enrollment of about 2,406 students).

The closest other public school is St. Paul Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around St. Paul High School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), St. Paul High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 38.4%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 20%: 70 students in 2018 compared to 56 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.